She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

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Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew--knew--that we're carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we're all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?

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Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly

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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

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I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.

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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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People always clap for the wrong reasons.

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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.

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One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

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If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.

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