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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.

Tom Waits

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.
TOM WAITS

People Scare Success Yourself
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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Market Myself Nervous Open People See Yourself
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
There’s no prayer like desire.
TOM WAITS

Desire One Liner Prayer
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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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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Best Better Care Children Growth Oneself
If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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Cruelty Kind Man Oneself
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Enough Far Home Yourself
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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Head Rain
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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Brave Captain Devil Light Wicket Yourself
I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
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Myself Prayer Religious

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