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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
Tom WaitsTom Waits There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I can’t listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You’re just processing too much, there’s no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.
Tom WaitsTom Waits When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
Tom WaitsTom Waits We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
Tom WaitsTom Waits 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.
Tom WaitsTom Waits 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.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
Tom WaitsTom Waits There’s nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you’re not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I’m the worst. I’m the worst at that.
Tom WaitsTom Waits If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
Tom WaitsTom Waits
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
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Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
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