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There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you were in this particular situation.

Emphasis Generally Jokes Life
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Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad.

Able Bad Birds Deaf
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We must do what is necessary within the rules of ethics. Once Africa understands this, the values of integrity will become the norm, and will promote private sector development.

Do Necessary Rule Ethics
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Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.

Being Capable Larger Laureate
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It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.

Affectionate Around Day Every
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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
Heard Many Poem Thought
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I guess I still feel that I'm a comedian; if I had to pick one thing that I feel like I could do, it would be that. That doesn't mean that I like it, but I feel that's what I am.

Am Comedian Could Feel
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…The main crux is that we need government and government needs us. And what government supports assiduously, can only be success.

Need government Supports Success
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I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.

About Audience Energy Feed
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Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

End Geared Only Play
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I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.

Committed Couple Doing First
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You can’t be successful in business without taking risk.
Successful Business Taking risk
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I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years-or longer.

Day Drafts Go Guilt
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!

Gets Headline Man Married
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I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

Carry Everywhere First Me
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I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.

Albeit Decent Done Inadvertently
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I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

Being Comedian Great Interested
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… Many African leaders have realized that they can no longer be the “adversaries’ of the private sector. They must work with entrepreneurs.

Leaders Realized Adversaries Private sector
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I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish.

First Fish Learned Night
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I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.

Cab Drove Had Job
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I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders according to how I feel about that color that day.

About According Color Day
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I believe that just like a man can serve his God without being a clergy, so can a man serve his state without being the governor.

I believe Serve God State
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I write short stories, and I wrote a play.
Play Short Stories Write
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Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.

About Actually Around Casual
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'

Come Go House Know
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You should care for your staff, ask them questions, find out about their families and if you ask me, I’ll say send them personalized SMS on a daily basis thanking them for all they are doing to grow your business, you’ll be shocked.

Should care Questions Families Business
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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

About Am Arts Federal
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When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.

Being Cross Dealing Get
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I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

Ability Alive Come Extremely
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I'm not quite as anonymous as I was.

Anonymous Was As Quite
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I can't stand reading anything that I've said.

Anything Reading Said Stand
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My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.

Bread Butter Favorite May
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I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.

Artistic Believe Creativity Going
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
After Divorce Home Lights
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. Lets contribute in our own small ways to build our communities.

Charity Need Cause Contribute
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I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

Beaten Children Gets Insight
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If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?

About Could Course Going
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We need to accelerate growth, but we critically need to also reverse the growth in population.

Need Accelerate growth Reverse Population
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.

American Food Hot Like
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The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

Find Grew Joy Me
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I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.'

Am Any Anyone Been
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When it’s your day, no one can stop it.
When Day Stop it
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I have reservations about everything I do.

About Have Everything Reservations
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In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things.

Discover Enjoy Lots Love
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The best strategy is one that achieves the intended outcome.

Best strategy Achieves Outcome
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All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

Alive Back Became Childhood
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Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

Bachelor Been Born Every
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Any model adopted must drive towards intended outcomes.

Model Adopted Drive Intended
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When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

Angel Being Something Touched
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Any Community Democratic Entrance
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