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If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?


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Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.



The point is there ain't no point.

The point is there ain't no point.



You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.



Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.



You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.



Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.

Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.



Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.



The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's umbrellas

The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's umbrellas



There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.



Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.





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There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death.

There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death.



Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.



But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.

But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.



Naturally, no writer who's any good at all would sit down and put a sheet of paper in a typewriter and start typing a play unless he knew what he was writing about.

Naturally, no writer who's any good at all would sit down and put a sheet of paper in a typewriter and start typing a play unless he knew what he was writing about.



Don't follow your feeling. Just follow the word.

Don't follow your feeling. Just follow the word.



Jo began to dance a jig,...Amy nearly fell out of the window in her surprise, and Meg exclaimed, with uplifted hands, 'Well I do believe the world is coming to an end!

Jo began to dance a jig,...Amy nearly fell out of the window in her surprise, and Meg exclaimed, with uplifted hands, 'Well I do believe the world is coming to an end!



Further march of civilization seems to employ increasing domination of man over beast, together with a growingly humane method of using them.

Further march of civilization seems to employ increasing domination of man over beast, together with a growingly humane method of using them.



I think the word is counter-productive. Capitalism is counter-productive to art, just as the Catholic Church was counter-productive to art four hundred years ago.

I think the word is counter-productive. Capitalism is counter-productive to art, just as the Catholic Church was counter-productive to art four hundred years ago.



I've always wanted to appear in a 3-D Movie, that's always been a goal of mine. If you appear in a 3-D picture you are a shoo-in for an Oscar. There's no competition.

I've always wanted to appear in a 3-D Movie, that's always been a goal of mine. If you appear in a 3-D picture you are a shoo-in for an Oscar. There's no competition.




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