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People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.
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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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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I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece!
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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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My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, but I'm told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, but its silver when its wet, and all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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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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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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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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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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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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Beware of being the roller / When there's nothing left to roll
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God says to me with a kind of smile, Hey how would you like to be God awhile And steer the world? . . . . How much do I get? What time is lunch? . . . . Gimme back that wheel, says God. I don't think you're quite ready yet.
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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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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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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 myself do not believe in explaining anything.
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We can't hold hands― Someone might see. Won't you please Hold toes with me?
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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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I was so lucky that I didn't have anyone to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style, I was creating before I knew there was a Thurber, a Benchley, a Price and a Steinberg. I never saw their work until I was around thirty.
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So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.
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