The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat. - Elizabeth Bishop

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You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.

Elizabeth Bishop

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.

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Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!

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All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'.

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If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.

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The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

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Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

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One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

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You don't know what the real problems of a health care system are until you get sick.

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All the world Loves You, but You are nowhere to be found, Hidden and yet. . . completely obvious!

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