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It is still beautiful to hear the heart beat but often the shadow seems more real than the body.


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In the middle of life, death comes to take your measurements. The visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit is being sewn on the sly.

In the middle of life, death comes to take your measurements. The visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit is being sewn on the sly.



The airy sky has taken its place leaning against the wall. It is like a prayer to what is empty And what is empty turns its face to us and whispers: 'I am not empty, I am open'.

The airy sky has taken its place leaning against the wall. It is like a prayer to what is empty And what is empty turns its face to us and whispers: 'I am not empty, I am open'.



I am carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case

I am carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case



I am still the place where creation does some work on itself.

I am still the place where creation does some work on itself.



A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow.

A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow.



It's always so early in here, before the crossroads, before the irrevocable choices. Thank you for this life! Still I miss the alternatives. The sketches, all of them, want to become real.

It's always so early in here, before the crossroads, before the irrevocable choices. Thank you for this life! Still I miss the alternatives. The sketches, all of them, want to become real.



Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.





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People often overestimate what they can accomplish in one year. But they greatly underestimate what they could accomplish in five years.



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Judgments border on figurative cliffs that my pinky finger nudges to the floor of the infinite.



Let thy speech be short comprehending much in few words.

Let thy speech be short comprehending much in few words.



If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.

If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.



Unless Russia is face with an iron fist and strong language, another is in the making. Only one language do they understand - 'How many divisions have you?' ... I'm tired of babying the Soviets.

Unless Russia is face with an iron fist and strong language, another is in the making. Only one language do they understand - 'How many divisions have you?' ... I'm tired of babying the Soviets.



Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.

Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.



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Every little moment has a meaning all its own.



What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.




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