His words sounded foolish to his own ears. He was not impressive. He was small like the world.

Anne Ursu
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When the great poet William Shakespeare was young, he did not think he would be important one day. He also thought his poetry was silly and unimpressive, but still wrote it anyway. Because of this, he believed that he would not be very famous or influential. He believed that his own words sounded foolish to his own ears.

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