We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused … - Tom Waits

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One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.

Tom Waits

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

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I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

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The trick is to have a career and have a family. It's like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.

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Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.

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I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

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I feel I have to live a little longer before I write a sequel to my auto biography which covers my experiences up until October 1991.

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One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.

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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

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