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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. ↗

— Saul Williams

#does #fool #great #great deal #history

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. ↗

— Saul Williams

#become #i #life #making #making up

My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus I rhyme. ↗

— Saul Williams

#i #mother #preacher #rhyme #teacher

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people. ↗

— Chuck Zito

#few #few people #hit #i #people

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age. ↗

— Saul Williams

#anything #political #time #you

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come. ↗

— Serena Williams

#come #countless #court #hours #i

No one likes getting their nails done more than I do. ↗

— Serena Williams

#getting #i #i do #likes #more

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good. ↗

— Serena Williams

#different #every #girl #good #i

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can. ↗

— Serena Williams

#champions #day #decided #get #helped

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break. ↗

— Serena Williams

#definitely #easier #having #heart #heart break