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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

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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You know what I really love? The CD players in a car. How when you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like its hungry. It pulls it in, and you feel like it wants more silver discs. – Tom Waits

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car
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You hope people are going to be listening to you after youre gone. And they like you better after youre gone. – Tom Waits

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Hope
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The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and thats a cool thing. I dont think its exploded or anything, but I think its pretty cool that it still exists, its still affecting people. – Bob Odenkirk

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A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think its cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, Id feel honored. – Kesha

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For too long, our countrys version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes. – Bob Beauprez

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I get to hang out with people I think are awesome, and do work I think is awesome. Its really cool. – Harold Perrineau

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An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity; and she went to her room, and grew steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment. – Jane Austen, Persuasion

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