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TOM WAITS
TOM WAITS
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
Tom WaitsTom Waits You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet. So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
Tom WaitsTom Waits On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
Tom WaitsTom Waits I was always laughing in church.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
Tom WaitsTom Waits 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.
Tom WaitsTom Waits A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
Tom WaitsTom Waits She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
Tom WaitsTom Waits
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And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby My soul speaks a language, only you can understand.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale In another life, you kept your word, and forever’s still ours for the taking.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
Claire VinsonClaire Vinson Music is a weed, we all fallen souls are high on.
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I dream pretty big, but truly had no idea my life could be this awesome. I am the luckiest girl in the world, without question!
Meghan MarkleMeghan Markle My biggest goal in life will be achieved when I have a family, when I have my own kids that I can raise myself and bring up based on what I know. I always think it’s the wildest idea – raising a whole, entire human is insane to me, and I’ve always wanted kids.
Hailey BieberHailey Bieber Think bigger. Forget limits. Embrace the idea of endless possibility…. It will change you.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one’s strengths and weaknesses are.
Ray DalioRay Dalio The biggest difference between Jesus Christ and ethical and moral teachers who have been deified by man. Is that these moralists came to make bad people good. Jesus came to make dead people live!
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.
Kelly ClarksonKelly Clarkson Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you’ll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential.
Meghan MarkleMeghan Markle The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale