“I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street.”
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“Hold it, Doc, a world war passed through my brain. He said, Nurse, get your pad, this boy's insane.”
“Get jailed, jump bail, join the Army if you fail.”
“I'd been going though his trash. He knocked me down. I was glad to see him, even though he was banging my head against the sidewalk. Afterwards these bums come over and say, 'Did he get much money?' I say, 'Money'? That was Bob Dylan.”
“...how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned?”
“My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, my toes to numb to step, wait only for my boot heels to be wandering.”
“Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town”
“Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.”
“Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life.”
“I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.”
“The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.”
“The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.”
“Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.”
“Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.”
“If you argue against reality you will suffer.”
“Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South Africa and the reason apartheid no longer exists there. The world will never forget his capacity for forgiveness and magnanimity. RIP”
“It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes I walk into a situation where I'm intimidated and I want to be liked and I want to fit in, and I don't choose authenticity. And it's always pretty miserable.”
“From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.”
“I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old - break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon.”
“A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.”