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There’s no prayer like desire.

Tom Waits

I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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Fight Justice Myself World
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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Evening Myself Train
Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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Care Entertainment Lying People Truth Yourself
There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.
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Beautiful Business Career Death Show Yourself
I was always laughing in church.
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Laughter Myself Religious
Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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Bad Day Growth Plant Yourself
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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Hear Ideas Myself Wrong
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
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride

There’s no prayer like desire.

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