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Lucille Clifton Quotes & Sayings
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Lucille Clifton Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 27 June 1936. Died: 13 February 2010 |
Poet
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Writer
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Educator
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People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.
Lucille Clifton
Celebrate
Celebrated
Mistake
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Lucille Clifton
Just
Language
Life
Matter
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In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing.
Lucille Clifton
Different
Universe
Asking
Bigger
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What
They
Thing
Answer
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I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I am familiar with big words, I am interested in trying to render big ideas in a simple way. I am interested in being understood not admired.
Lucille Clifton
Writing
Simple
Justice
Trying
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Lucille Clifton
We
Cannot
Create
What
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Come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed.
Lucille Clifton
Come
Celebrate
That
Something
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