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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”

Tom Waits

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Cross Wood
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Reality
The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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Average Change Life Person Time Traffic
If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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Market Myself Nervous Open People See Yourself
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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Donut Name Prostitute Sound
Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
TOM WAITS

Best Better Care Children Growth Oneself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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Absorb Willing Yourself
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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Cold Dance Hard Music Way
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Angel Devil Myself
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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Career Family Night Trick Yourself
She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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Forest Herself Live
Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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Gospel Myself Religious Yourself

I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”

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