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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!
Shel Silverstein
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Shel Silverstein
Age: 66 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
Died: 1999
Died: May 10
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Sheldon Allan Silverstein
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So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
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Somebody has to go polish the stars, They're looking a little bit dull. Somebody has to go polish the stars, For the eagles and starlings and gulls Have all been complaining they're tarnished and worn, They say they want new ones we cannot afford. So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
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G'bye, I'm going out to play!
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If you're a bird, be an early bird. But if you're a worm, sleep late.
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Beware of being the roller / When there's nothing left to roll
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Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did.
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What did the carrot say to the wheat? Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.
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Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile, Somewhere from some far-off place I hear you laughing--and I smile.
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People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.
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I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
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If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer If youre a pretender com sit by my fire For we have some flax golden tales to spin Come in! Come in!
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And he didn't really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere, because you really have to go somewhere, don't you?
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ALICE She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME And she grew so tall, She ate from a plate called TASTE ME And down she shrank so small. And so she changed, while other folks Never tried nothin' at all.
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If you're sloppy, that's just fine. If you're moody, I won't mind. If you're fat, that's fine with me. If you're skinny, let it be. If you're bossy, that's all right. if you're nasty, I won't fight. If you're rough, well that's just you. If you're mean, that's all right too. Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.
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It's amazing the difference A bit of sky can make.
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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.
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everything isn't everything
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