Tariq West
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“To accept your country without betraying it, you must love it for that which shows what it might become. America -- this monument to the genius of ordinary men and women, this place where hope becomes capacity, this long, halting turn of 'no' into the 'yes' -- needs citizens who love it enough to re-imagine and re-make it.”
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“Duende
I can't remember her name.
It's not as though I've been in bed
with that many women.
The truth is I can't even remember
her face. I kind of know how strong
her thighs were, and her beauty.
But what I won't forget
is the way she tore open
the barbecued chicken with her hands,
and wiped the grease on her breasts.”
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I can't remember her name.
It's not as though I've been in bed
with that many women.
The truth is I can't even remember
her face. I kind of know how strong
her thighs were, and her beauty.
But what I won't forget
is the way she tore open
the barbecued chicken with her hands,
and wiped the grease on her breasts.”
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“I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph.”
― Refusing Heaven: Poems
― Refusing Heaven: Poems
“True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure - the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character's essential nature.”
― Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
― Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
“Everyone forgets Icarus also flew.”
― Refusing Heaven: Poems
― Refusing Heaven: Poems
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