If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly: it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, ‘a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on’.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEENYou’ve got to learn to live with what you can’t rise above.
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The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.
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It’s a sad man my friend who’s livin’ in his own skin and can’t stand the company.
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I’m ready to grow young again.
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You can’t start a fire without a spark.
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Someday we’ll look back on this and it will all seem funny.
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All people have is hope. That’s what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring. A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family.
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The one thing I wished for my children is that they’d be readers.
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Gonna be a twister to blow everything down That ain’t got the faith to stand its ground. Blow away the dreams that tear you apart. Blow away the dreams that break your heart. Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted.
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Don’t take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself.
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Success makes life easier. It doesn’t make living easier.
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What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?
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Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don’t have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don’t deny anything, I don’t advocate anything, I just live with it.
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I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big.
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Mister, I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man, and i believe in a promised land.
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You can beat the drum so hard that people stop listening. I wanted to use my voice wisely and not expend it wastefully.
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