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We're all worth the same When we turn off the light.

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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I am writing these poems from inside a lion.
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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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I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
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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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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!
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Listen to the voice that speaks inside
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G'bye, I'm going out to play!
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everything isn't everything
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It's amazing the difference A bit of sky can make.
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I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness and rightness: Hello Pardon me How are you? Excuse me Bless you May I? Thank you Goodbye If you know some that I've forgot, Please stick them in you eye!
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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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So I'm all of love that could make it today.
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Sometimes I get so depressed 'Bout what I haven't done. -NEVER
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It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in search of its missing piece. And as it rolled it sang this song - Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece I'm lookin' for my missin' piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin' for my missin' piece.
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Don't be dependent on anyone else. I want to go everywhere, look at, and listen to everything. You can go crazy with some of the wonderful stuff there is in life.
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So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
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FROZEN DREAM I'll take the dream I had last night And put it in my freezer, So someday long and far away When I'm an old grey geezer, I'll take it out and thaw it out, This lovely dream I've frozen, And boil it up and sit me down A dip my old cold toes in.
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... and she loved a boy very, very much-- even more than she loved herself.
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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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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it.
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