"With families and music, you're usually looking for something that can make you unique."

-- Tom Waits

“There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child.”
“I have to drink wine before I go on stage. That is still part of the ritual, the ceremony. I usually go for a Cabernet or a Merlot. You're at the mercy of promoters who try to cut corners, so you don't always get the best wines in the world. But I look at the wine as being medicinal. It's not there to be enjoyed, it's part of my preparation for a show.”
“To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name.”
“I am truly independently owned and operated.”
“I was brought up in an environment to believe that my opinion was important, that I had something to say, and that it was no less powerful because I was young, a girl, at the time really unattractive, definitely not the smartest kid in the class.”
“Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering.”
“Given the rest of the economic news, including the fact that GDP growth is positive, inflation is still low, jobless claims are still moving downward and temporary services are firming up, that means the recovery continues, and we hope it will continue in a more robust fashion,”
“Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.”

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