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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!

Janis Joplin

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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Answer Create Home Idea Intellectual Lonely Question Strong Women
Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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Ideas Second Themselves Thought Win
To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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Bullshit Game Myself Person Play Trying
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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Affection Attachment Giving Love Philosophy Someone
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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Cashmere Country Feeding Grdle Mother Sweater Winning
If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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Dishwasher Much Own Problem Settle Somebody
Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
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Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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Dishwasher Fighting Only Problem Somebody. Settle Want
At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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Know Least Nouns Object Objects Plural Retract
If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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Down Man Rock Roll Sitting Smile Sweaty Thinking
You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Feel Good Got Make You
I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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Bullshit Doing Feel Mad Settling Wanted Worked
You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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Better Compromise Got Happen Honesty
That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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Game Inside Myself People Person Play True
I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Bad Good Passion Peace Quiet Rather Sing Sound
I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
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Asked Backstage Man Marry Old Opera Real Some Story Thinking Took

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