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You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

Kinky Friedman

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Kinky Friedman
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 1
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If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!
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But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets. It's even too late to dream.
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You've got to find what you love and let it kill you. I don't think any of us should ever forget that.
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I'm ready for anything. That's probably why it never happens.
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Whether your destination is heaven or hell, you always have to change planes in Dallas.
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May the God of your choice bless you.
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If you don't love Jesus-go to hell!
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I've been in true love many times. I just try to avoid it as much as possible. For if there's one thing I know about true love, it is that sooner or later, it results in a hostage situation.
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A happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.
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An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.
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If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.
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Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.
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