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Robert Frostsaid, tworoadsdivergedinawoodandItooktheonelesstraveledby,andthathasmadeallthedifference.

Robert Frost said that there are two forks in the woods

I choose the road with fewer people

There is a world of difference

Ifyounoticed, everyonestartedoffwiththeirownstride,theirownpace.

If you pay attention, everyone walks at his own pace

Now, Ididn'tbringthemupheretoridiculethem.

I didn't ask them to come forward to mock them

Ibroughtthemupheretoillustratethepointofconformity:

I asked them to come forward to illustrate the point of "consistent"

Thedifficultyinmaintainingyourownbeliefsinthefaceofothers.

The difficulty of defending one's beliefs in front of others

I would've walked differently. I could have walked differently.

Weallhaveagreatneedforacceptance.

We all need to be recognized

Butyoumusttrustthatyourbeliefsareunique,yourown

But you must believe that your beliefs are unique

Eventhoughothersmaythinkthemoddorunpopular

Even though others may think it is strange or infamous.

Eventhoughtheherdmaygo, that'sbad.

Even the vulgar public might say that it sucks.

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  • John Keating: Language was developed for one endeavor, and that is... Mr. Anderson? Come on, are you a man or an amoeba?

    [Todd stays silent]

    John Keating: Mr. Perry?

    Neil Perry: To communicate.

    John Keating: No! To woo women!

  • Neil Perry: [quoting Henry David Thoreau] "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life."

    Charlie Dalton: I'll second that.

    Neil Perry: "To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived."