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Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Lou Reed

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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
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But it's the things that preceded it that made that happen, and of course now someone like me thinks, well, if I can do that... then there are a lot of other things that are possible.
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Moving on has allowed me to know who I am and to be present in all that I do. I take this forward in my work and in my personal relationships. It is a powerful program and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to move on with their life.
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I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks to Master Ren Guang-yi. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future.
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I try very much, whenever I do projects, whatever it is, there's only one thing on my mind, only one thing.
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The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.
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Eve kissed Able, that's how he got murdered by Cain.
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The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting when they show up and see what is sitting around them.
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To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable.
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You know, when you're relaxed, you're putting it out there, and then it comes, oh, I can do that.
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You do what you love, or you get arrested.
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There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.
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I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.
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Any human being should have a tolerance for anybody.
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I'd harbored hopes that the intelligence that once inhabited novels or films would ingest rock. I was, perhaps, wrong.
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I've made love to my mother, killed my father, and my brother. What am I to do?
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You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
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Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.
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Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.
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I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass.
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