Quote by Tom Waits
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones

As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time. – Tom Waits

Other quotes by Tom Waits

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. – Tom Waits

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Imagination
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Tom Waits
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Their memorys like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you cant remember Tell the things you cant forget that History puts a saint in every dream. – Tom Waits

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History
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But then Im one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. – Tom Waits

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Death
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Other Quotes from
cool
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These days its cool to be ethnic and to be different, but when I was a kid, it was not cool – at all. My friends would come over and my mom would make crepes with eggs, stuffed with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and spinach. And theyd be like, What is this? – Giada De Laurentiis

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cool

I havent ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and its cool, but its never been a big thing. I guess Ive just been really distracted by work. – Leighton Meester

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cool

I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story just beyond my reach. To grasp that brass ring I need to continue to fine-tune my talents. – Michael Welch

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cool

When youre nearing 35, going, Hey Dad, I cant make these payments, just isnt cool. – Eleanor Mondale

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cool

Random Quotes

This thing with everyone knowing you, its weird, because people have this one-sided relationship where they look at your picture and feel they know you more than someone they actually know. I dont really know myself that well. – Robert Pattinson

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relationship

Im just lucky because my kids are grown-up – I love them, very proud of them, and we are in close contact as big-time friends, but they dont need me that much now and I can actually enjoy this wonderful world of music. – Robert Plant

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Music

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? – James Barrie

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Kindness

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. – Joyce Maynard

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Experience