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William Butler Yeats Poet, Playwright
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"I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings."

Morning Peace Wings
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Tupac Shakur Rapper, Actor, Activist
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"I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings."

Angel Broken Wings
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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly."

Use Wings Legs
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Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist
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"..few writers like other writers' works. The only time they like them is when they are dead or if they have been for a long time. Writers only like to sniff their own turds. I am one of those. I don't even like to talk to writers, look at them or worse, listen to them. And the worst is to drink with them, they slobber all over themselves, really look piteous, look like they are searching for the wing of the mother. I'd rather think about death than about other writers. Far more pleasant."

Thinking Mother Wings
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Charles Lloyd Jazz Musician
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"I was born in Memphis. There was music all around me, really deep and special music. I heard all these great masters at a young age.There was a great genius in my town, Phineas Newborn, who is one of the greatest pianists ever on the planet. He took me under his wings at about 9 and he put me on the right track."

Age Wings Track
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Cornel West Philosopher
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"The interesting thing for me is, if that had been a left-wing person raising questions, [President Obama] probably would have expressed his anger. Because Obama really does get upset about progressives."

Interesting Wings Upset
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Boris Pasternak Poet, Novelist
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"A corner draft fluttered the flame And the white fever of temptation Upswept its angel wings that cast A cruciform shadow."

Angel Wings Flames
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Will Smith Actor, Producer, Rapper
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"Here I stand before you - brown. Color of the mountains Colossal as the earth Wrapped so deliciously within my own joy and misery Feathers of my wings paralyzed by the distance of my mind Here I stand before you, the color of the night Frozen by the potential of me."

Night Distance Wings
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."

Use Wings Sufi
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Jose Saramago Writer
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"Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow."

Men Angel Wings
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Lindsey Graham Politician
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"Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go."

People Giving Wings
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Dylan Thomas Poet, Writer
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"Chastity prays for me, piety sings, Innocence sweetens my last black breath, Modesty hides my thighs in her wings, And all the deadly virtues plague my death!"

Lasts Black Wings
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Clint Eastwood Actor, Director, Producer
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"Abuse of power isn't limited to 'bad guys' in other nations. It happens in our own country. Those in power get jaded, deluded, and seduced by power itself. I have a reverence for individuality. I've always considered myself too individualistic to be either right-wing or left-wing. I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. People should be able to be what they want to be and do what they want - as long as they're not harming other people. I am a libertarian."

Country Views Wings
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