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George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him. ↗

— Tom Waits

#bush #came #coke #dealer #fan

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#characteristic #look #project #themselves #upon

I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at the wrapping. But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath. ↗

— Tom Waits

#always #america #beneath #big #cadillac

Don't look back, because someone might be gaining on you. ↗

— Tom Waits

#because #gaining #look #might #someone

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess. ↗

— Tom Waits

#anatomy #books #guess #i #i do

I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#books #court #during #fact #hampton

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#language #love #sometimes #spoken #today

Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole. ↗

— Derek Walcott

#fragments #granted #love #stronger #symmetry

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this planet; and that is about three billion years. ↗

— George Wald

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We also have to stop the flow of precursor chemicals that meth cooks use to boil up this poison. ↗

— Greg Walden

#boil #chemicals #cooks #flow #poison