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• I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make… — Maya Angelou
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• I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began.… — Jane Goodall
• The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank. — Steven T. Katz
• Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make… — Rita Dove
• It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate. — Rita Dove
• I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I.… — Rita Dove
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