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Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.


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Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.



Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.



There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.



Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.



Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.



Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.



It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?



Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.



Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.



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After becoming famous once again - a 1976 song, "Hurricane," even marked a return to protest songwriting - [Bob] Dylan got addicted to drugs, found Jesus, left Jesus, and put out a lot of swill.



When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance door to door. I even tried selling cars.

When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance door to door. I even tried selling cars.



[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.



If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.

If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.



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Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance.



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Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.



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She's good, being gone.




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