David Rovics
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You Chose
SHANNON L. ALDER J.K. ROWLING C.S. LEWIS LOUIS KAHN ISRAELMORE AYIVOR RICHELLE MEAD Did you say all that you meant toMARGO T. ROSE SUZY KASSEM Your half empty..BRITTANY WILLIAMS KAMAND KOJOURI When your afraid of somethingKRIS HARTE You must not always believe me NEENA H BRAR SANJO JENDAYI RACHEL VINCENT KAMAND KOJOURI KAMAND KOJOURI LISA KLEYPAS MARIANNE MOORE I promise youTYLER KNOTT GREGSON
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When you think things are bad,
Soul, if you want to learn secrets,
THE INVITATION
If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options.
DON'T SAY, DO
Note and Quote to Self – What you think, say and do!
They tell us the only way to move on 
I have named you queen.
Look them... look this black hoodies... they are having fun... why you don't try also?
Are you, are you
Come to me.
If you want money more than anything,
If you think somebody cares...
If you don't know the effect of 
You enter the forest
I am sitting far from you
I will never hurt you.
you are a horse running alone
CHOCOLATE DAY POEM:
I asked the zebra,
Six Beliefs That Set the Course of Your Life
If you can keep your head when all about you 
Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
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YOU ARE JUST
Blue jeans, white shirt
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with.
It
I know in my mind
Never say I love you
Look at me; look at me.
If you understand others you are smart.
Follow your bliss.
and you invented me
The Type
Oh,you may not think I'm pretty,
Maxon, some of those marks are on your back so they wouldn’t be on mine, and I love you for them.�... 
You know how it goes:
i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
I want to write something
Sonnet XVII
WONDERLAND
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger,
To express is to drive.
Everybody is standing, but you must stand out.
I had an accident."
When you are doing all that you know to do 
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I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
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False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
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If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
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