Tom Waits Quotes

If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.

Tom Waits

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YouBackPlaySoundOldBacon

At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.

Shirley Manson

DayBe StrongMeStrongEndTalking

My movie now, to me, is going to help so many people to realize that it is okay to ask for help. It took me so long to be able to ask for somebody to help me.

Tonya Harding

PeopleMeHelpLongNowOkay

Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Robert Collier

HumorThinkThoughtRealityManifest

All I would say is that I have been honored to serve my country for the past three decades and look forward to serving in other ways now that I am retired from the U.S. Army.

Michael T. Flynn

PastI AmForwardArmyLookCountry

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.

Lord Byron

ReligionDoubtTrueSpiritNo Doubt

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

Desmond Tutu

WhitePersonSkinYoungVoteLand

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Christopher Columbus

DestinationObstaclesGoalOverMay

It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

Brent Scowcroft

BeyondMenaceDisputeSaddamHussein

I fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

Alicia Keys

LoveMePlayDyingPianoKnew

Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

Petrarch

LearningMadnessOthersBooksSome

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that.

Peter Jackson

FutureDecisionPoliticsPeopleUp

My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit.

Mark Bradford

MeMomFreeSpiritSheUp

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