I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
TOM WAITSNew York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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I was always laughing in church.
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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The blues is like a planet. It’s an enormous topic. You can’t ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It’s a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. It’s indelible and indispensable.
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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.
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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?
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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