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The city council, once a rubber stamp for Old Man Daley, had divided into racial camps, a controlling majority of white aldermen blocking every reform that Harold proposed. He tried to wheedle and cut deals, but they wouldn’t budge.
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“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
― The Long Fall
― The Long Fall
“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
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“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― The Turtles of Tasman
― The Turtles of Tasman
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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