"Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind,……" — Shel Silverstein
"Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth."
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132 Quotes by Shel Silverstein
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How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em.
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I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books, pick one…
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G'bye, I'm going out to play!
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God says to me with a kind of smile, "Hey how would you like to be God awhile And steer…
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Don't be dependent on anyone else. I want to go everywhere, look at, and listen to everything. You can go…
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Beware of being the roller / When there's nothing left to roll
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Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom? He got tickled by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor,…
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I can be someone's and still be my own.
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