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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 Waits

it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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Bone Dance Sin Skin Yourself
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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Average Change Life Person Time Traffic
Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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Care Entertainment Lying People Truth Yourself
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Hate Myself Prime
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Enough Far Home Yourself
You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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Love Relationship Romantic Star Yourself
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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Fingers Freedom Instrument Myself Vocal Word
I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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Drowning Music Rescue Sound Time Yourself
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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Imagination Right Wonder
Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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Absorb Willing Yourself
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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People Scare Success Yourself
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Love One Liner Yourself

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

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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

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