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I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
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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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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My beard grows down to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes.
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We can't hold hands― Someone might see. Won't you please Hold toes with me?
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... and she loved a boy very, very much-- even more than she loved herself.
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Underneath my outside face There's a face that none can see. A little less smiley, A little less sure, But a whole lot more like me.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it.
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Each time I see the Upside-Down Man Standing in the water, I look at him and start to laugh, Although I shouldn't oughtter. For maybe in another world Another time Another town, Maybe HE is right side up And I am upside down
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long.
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.
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I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece!
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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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Beware of being the roller / When there's nothing left to roll
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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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I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.
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It's amazing the difference A bit of sky can make.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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I was always prepared for success but that means that I have to be prepared for failure, too.
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People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.
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