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Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
Actor
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I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but New York-American.
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Teach them about anger, the sin that comes with dawning. Teach them about flowers, and the beauty of forgiveness.
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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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I wish I had a talking book that told me how to act and look, a talking book that contained keys to past and present memories
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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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The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.
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You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.
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My week beats your year.
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Honey, I'm a cocksucker, what are you?
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It's just a temporary thing.
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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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To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable.
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I like druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains. I like their lack of training, their primitive technique. I think it hurts you, when you stay too long in school.
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Valium would have helped that bash.
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I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.
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I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.
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Writhe and sway to music's pain searing with asides, caress death with a lover's touch for it shall be your bride.
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I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day.
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And I feel just like Jesus' son
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Does anyone need yet another politician caught with his pants down and money sticking in his hole?
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