The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
TOM WAITSAll the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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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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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
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