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“The hermit crab doesn't look too closely,
he just crawls into a shell that isn't his.
But remains a hermit. That's my hang-up:
if I leave my shell, I can't crawl into yours.”
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he just crawls into a shell that isn't his.
But remains a hermit. That's my hang-up:
if I leave my shell, I can't crawl into yours.”
―
“A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.”
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“Gentleman wanted:
must have clown-suit, powder and paint, scarlet quiff, scarlet heart.
Green eyebrows essential.
Should be able to dance,
laugh,
sing;
be a masked god on a high wire stretched from alpha to omega
over this fleapit, waiting for encores”.”
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must have clown-suit, powder and paint, scarlet quiff, scarlet heart.
Green eyebrows essential.
Should be able to dance,
laugh,
sing;
be a masked god on a high wire stretched from alpha to omega
over this fleapit, waiting for encores”.”
―
“If there is such a thing as sin, then it is a sin not to be able to play a musical instrument.”
― The Atom Station
― The Atom Station
“If there is any such thing as crime, then it is a crime to be uneducated.”
― The Atom Station
― The Atom Station
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