Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
TOM WAITSIf there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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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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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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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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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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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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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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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
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