"I heard Tom Waits in this kinky shop on Belmont Street in Chicago. Considering the way I was raised, they were such obscure voices, but their music saved my life - I didn't know who I was before I heard Bob Dylan and Tom Waits."

-- Willis Earl Beal

#Waiting Quotes #Kinky Quotes #Obscure Quotes

“You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot”

Source : Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.62, ReadHowYouWant.com
“You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.”

Source : "Interviews with Michael Bloomberg and Madeleine Albright". "GPS" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.
“There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain civilians. But what is more concerning to me is the disconnect between our political leadership that applauds our soldiers and veterans, but then won't provide funding to properly armored vehicles or health care when our servicemen and women come home. You can't send men and women to war without being prepared to take care of them abroad and give them the services they need when they return home.”
“Americans should demand real news, more transparency and more truth.”
“With a four-string, the middle range is less of an option. That kind of 5th that you play on those A and D strings isn't there. So a lot of traditional rock sounds, you can't play them. But to be honest, there was no particular intention when I started playing with four strings. It just worked out that way and it sounded cool.”
“We have learned nothing from the genome.”

Source : "'We Have Learned Nothing from the Genome'". Interview with Rafaela von Bredow and Johann Grolle, www.spiegel.de. July 29, 2010.
“Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.”

Source : "Spy who came in from the cold" by Tom Parfitt, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2007.
“I didn't want to change the name on the towels.”

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