She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
TOM WAITSWe are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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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 like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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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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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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