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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.

Tom Waits

Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.
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Arithmetic Boat Finding Hands Hold Myself Ocean
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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Abundance Bury Happiness Information Quantity Wealth Weight
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
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
We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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Imagination Right Wonder
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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Death Earth Myself Scream
It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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Avoid Habit Hard Old Scatter Stop Togetherness Yourself
Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Reality
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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Evening Myself Train
Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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Brain Built Drive Himself Road Specialist Vision Willing
A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Dumb Intelligence Mental
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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Herself Learning Woman
There’s no prayer like desire.
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Desire One Liner Prayer
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.
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Detail Intimate Myself Perfection Problem Thinking

And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.

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