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I was always prepared for success but that means that I have to be prepared for failure, too.
Shel Silverstein
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Shel Silverstein
Age: 66 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
Died: 1999
Died: May 10
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I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
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So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
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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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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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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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Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did.
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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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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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How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.
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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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everything isn't everything
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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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She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.
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We're all worth the same When we turn off the light.
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G'bye, I'm going out to play!
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it.
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So I'm all of love that could make it today.
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