David Ray
Overview
David Ray is an American
United States
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 poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and author of fiction, essays, and memoir. He is particularly noted for poems that, while being rooted in the personal, also show a strong social concern.

Ray is the author of twenty-one volumes of poetry, the most recent being "When" (2007), "Music of Time: Selected and New Poems" (2006) and The Death of Sardanapalus and Other Poems of the Iraq Wars (2004).
Quotations

A Camel is a Horse designed by committee.

Accept nothing, challenge everything.

Act quickly... but not too quickly.

Actions speak louder than words.

A guitarist is only as good as his drummer and bassist

A man’s libido is nine-tenths testosterone.

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, so there’s nothing to cushion the impact when it hits.

All or nothing, now.

All That Glitters Is Not Gold, There's Brass And Copper Or It Might Be Plated!

 
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