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title: "8 Know Poets Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-adamson/i-don-t-know-if-younger-poets-read-a-lot-of-you-know-the-poets-the/)

[Robert Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-adamson/)

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> [Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it…I personally know so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kay/think-it-s-so-unfair-when-people-think-that-you-re-not-a-real-artist/)

[Sarah Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kay/)

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> [We know there are poets who are chosen: by what or whom, we no more know than what lies beyond our final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/we-know-there-are-poets-who-are-chosen-by-what-or-whom-we-no-more/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

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> [When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/when-we-talk-to-somebody-and-we-want-to-be-nice-or-polite-or-show-our/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

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> [The American public does not know poets exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/the-american-public-does-not-know-poets-exist/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

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> [As we all know, poets are born brain-wired a certain way and every poet I know wrote as a child. I'm no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-cavalieri/as-we-all-know-poets-are-born-brain-wired-a-certain-way-and-every/)

[Grace Cavalieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-cavalieri/)

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> [I didn't know any poets growing up in Kansas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-young/i-didn-t-know-any-poets-growing-up-in-kansas/)

[Kevin Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-young/)

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> [Poets love me. They embrace me. Actually, I don't really know many poets. But I used to go to a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-key/poets-love-me-they-embrace-me-actually-i-don-t-really-know-many-poets/)

[Tim Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-key/)

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