I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
TOM WAITSShe’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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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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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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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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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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