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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't possible to save mankind.
Wislawa Szymborska
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Wislawa Szymborska
Age: 88 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 2
Died: 2012
Died: February 1
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Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. ... you walk with political steps on political ground.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely
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I don't know the role I'm playing. I only know it's mine, non-convertible.
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