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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Become Courage Grow Grow Up Really Takes Up Who You

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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Amazing Blue Day Dream Everything God Infinite Most Most Amazing Natural Sky Spirits Thank Thank You Trees Which Yes You

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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Days Laughter Most Wasted Without

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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Any Battle Being Best Day Doing Else Everybody Everybody Else Fight Fighting Hardest Human Human Being Make Means Never Never Stop Night Nobody Stop Which World You Yourself

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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Any Believe Curiosity Delight Experience Human Human Spirit Once Ourselves Reveals Risk Spirit Spontaneous Wonder

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A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Autumn Away Blown Known Leaves Long Rain Sky Stand Think Too Trees Wind I Think

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Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Door Go Good Hell Listen Next Next Door Universe

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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Always Answer Ask Beautiful More Question Who

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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Almost Apart Beyond Far Income Living May Said

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Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

~E. E. Cummings

Topics: Began Had His Instant Mind Own Private Private Property Property Somebody

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: October 14th, 1894

Died: September 3rd, 1962

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