Stars - Simply Red
Anyone who ever held you
Would tell you the way I'm feeling
Anyone who ever wanted you
Would try to tell you what I feel inside
The only thing I ever wanted
Was the feeling that you ain't faking
The only one you ever thought about
Wait a minute can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
For the man who tried to hurt you
He's explaining the way I'm feeling
For all the jealousy I caused you
States the reason why I'm trying to hide
As for all the things you taught me
It sends my future into clearer dimensions
You'll never know how much you hurt me
Stay a minute can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
Too many hearts are broken
A lover's promise never came with a maybe
So many words are left unspoken
The silent voices are driving me crazy
As for all the pain you caused me
Making up could never be your intention
You'll never know how much you hurt me
Stay can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
7/31/14
XVII
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
- Pablo Neruda
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
- Pablo Neruda
10/28/13
Poem 7
This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Dialogue 7
Rory Williams: What is happening?
The Doctor: We are leaving the universe.
Amy Pond: How can you leave the universe?
The Doctor: With enormous difficulty.
From "The Doctor's Wife" episode of Doctor Who
Neil Gaiman quotes
“In a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you’ll never see again.” - Fragile Things: short fictions and wonders
“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?” ― Coraline
“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.” ― The Graveyard Book
“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.” ― Neverwhere
“A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?"
Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now that's a question.” ― Stardust
“We often confuse what we wish for with what is.” ― MirrorMask
“Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me.” ― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.” ― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
“I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.” ― American Gods
“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?” ― Coraline
“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.” ― The Graveyard Book
“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.” ― Neverwhere
“A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?"
Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now that's a question.” ― Stardust
“We often confuse what we wish for with what is.” ― MirrorMask
“Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me.” ― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.” ― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
“I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.” ― American Gods
Possession
As performed by Sarah McLachlan
Written by Elvis Costello
Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning, memories trapped in time
The night is my companion and solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied?
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
Through this world I've stumbled so many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word, to find the truth enslaved
Oh, you speak to me in riddles and you speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep me alive
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
Into this night I wander, it's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of the path I fear to tread
Oh, into the sea of waking dreams, I follow without pride
'Cause nothing stands between us here and I won't be denied
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
I'll hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes
Written by Elvis Costello
Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning, memories trapped in time
The night is my companion and solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied?
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
Through this world I've stumbled so many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word, to find the truth enslaved
Oh, you speak to me in riddles and you speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep me alive
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
Into this night I wander, it's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of the path I fear to tread
Oh, into the sea of waking dreams, I follow without pride
'Cause nothing stands between us here and I won't be denied
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
I'll hold you down
Kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes
10/14/09
Lyrics 7
Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye
I come up hard, baby, and that ain't cool.
I didn't make it sugah, playing by the rules.
I come up hard, babe, but now I'm fine.
I'm shaking trouble sugah, moving down the line.
I come up hard, but that's OK.
'Cause Trouble Man, don't get in my way!!
I come up hard, baby!
I mean for real, baby!
Gonna keep movin', gonna go to town.
I come up hard, and now I'm gettin' down!
There's only 3 things that's fa sho,
Taxes, death and trouble
This I know, baby.
This I know.
Yeah, don't let it sweat you baby
Got me singing, yeah, yeah,
hooo
I come up hard, baby, I had to fight!
To keep my dignity, with all my might!
I come up hard, I had to win!
Then start all over. And win again!!
I come up hard, but that's OK!
'Cause Trouble Man don't get in my way
Hey, Hey!
Now I been some places, and I seen some faces
I got my connections, they take my directions
Don't care what they say. That's OK, they don't bother me
I'm ready to make it, don't care what the weather
Don't care 'bout no trouble, got myself together
No laughin', no cryin', my protection's all around me
I come up hard, baby
I mean for real, baby
With the Trouble Man
Moving, goin' tight
I come up hard, come on, get down
There's only 3 things for sure
Taxes, death and trouble
This I know, baby, baby
This I know, baby, baby
Hey now, let it sweat, baby
I've come up hard, but now I'm cool
I didn't make it, baby, playing by the rules
I've come up hard, baby, but now I'm fine
I'm shakin trouble, hey, moving down the line
I come up hard, baby, and that ain't cool.
I didn't make it sugah, playing by the rules.
I come up hard, babe, but now I'm fine.
I'm shaking trouble sugah, moving down the line.
I come up hard, but that's OK.
'Cause Trouble Man, don't get in my way!!
I come up hard, baby!
I mean for real, baby!
Gonna keep movin', gonna go to town.
I come up hard, and now I'm gettin' down!
There's only 3 things that's fa sho,
Taxes, death and trouble
This I know, baby.
This I know.
Yeah, don't let it sweat you baby
Got me singing, yeah, yeah,
hooo
I come up hard, baby, I had to fight!
To keep my dignity, with all my might!
I come up hard, I had to win!
Then start all over. And win again!!
I come up hard, but that's OK!
'Cause Trouble Man don't get in my way
Hey, Hey!
Now I been some places, and I seen some faces
I got my connections, they take my directions
Don't care what they say. That's OK, they don't bother me
I'm ready to make it, don't care what the weather
Don't care 'bout no trouble, got myself together
No laughin', no cryin', my protection's all around me
I come up hard, baby
I mean for real, baby
With the Trouble Man
Moving, goin' tight
I come up hard, come on, get down
There's only 3 things for sure
Taxes, death and trouble
This I know, baby, baby
This I know, baby, baby
Hey now, let it sweat, baby
I've come up hard, but now I'm cool
I didn't make it, baby, playing by the rules
I've come up hard, baby, but now I'm fine
I'm shakin trouble, hey, moving down the line
9/10/09
7/31/09
Dialogue 6
Tracy Lord: Only for the moment. I'm not interested in myself.
C. K. Dexter Haven: Not interested in yourself? Red, you're fascinated. You're far and away your favorite person in the world.
from The Philadelphia Story
C. K. Dexter Haven: Not interested in yourself? Red, you're fascinated. You're far and away your favorite person in the world.
from The Philadelphia Story
Poem 6
A Word to Husbands by Ogden Nash
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
Dialogue 5
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?
Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society...
Red: I know what *you* think it means, sonny. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
from The Shawshank Redemption
Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society...
Red: I know what *you* think it means, sonny. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
from The Shawshank Redemption
7/2/09
Lyrics 6
Say It To Me Now by Glen Hansard
I'm scratching at the surface now
And I'm trying hard to work it out
So much has gone misunderstood
This mystery only leads to doubt
And I didn't understand
When you reached out to take my hand
And if you have something to say
You'd better say it now
Cause this is what you've waited for
Your chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow
Cause this is what you've waited for
A chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow
Cause I'm picking up a message Lord
And I'm closer than I've ever been before
So if you have something to say
Say it to me now
Say it to me now
Say it to me now
I'm scratching at the surface now
And I'm trying hard to work it out
So much has gone misunderstood
This mystery only leads to doubt
And I didn't understand
When you reached out to take my hand
And if you have something to say
You'd better say it now
Cause this is what you've waited for
Your chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow
Cause this is what you've waited for
A chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow
Cause I'm picking up a message Lord
And I'm closer than I've ever been before
So if you have something to say
Say it to me now
Say it to me now
Say it to me now
Quote 6
I like to have a martini. Two at the very most. Three, I’m under the table. Four, I’m under the host.
- Dorothy Parker
- Dorothy Parker
Poem 5
Kissass by Allen Ginsberg
Kissass is the Part of Peace
America will have to Kissass Mother Earth
Whites have to Kissass Blacks, for Peace & Pleasure,
Only Pathway to Peace, Kissass.
Kissass is the Part of Peace
America will have to Kissass Mother Earth
Whites have to Kissass Blacks, for Peace & Pleasure,
Only Pathway to Peace, Kissass.
Why You Don't Drink with British Aristocrats
Lady Astor to Churchill: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.”
Churchill in response: “Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.”
Churchill in response: “Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.”
6/24/09
Quote 5
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd
- Maureen Dowd
Dialogue 4
Patrick Dennis: Is the English lady sick, Auntie Mame?
Auntie Mame: She's not English, darling... she's from Pittsburgh.
Patrick Dennis: She sounded English.
Auntie Mame: Well, when you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something.
Auntie Mame: She's not English, darling... she's from Pittsburgh.
Patrick Dennis: She sounded English.
Auntie Mame: Well, when you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something.
from Auntie Mame
Poem 4
Always by Pablo Neruda
I am not jealous
of what came before me.
Come with a man on your shoulders,
come with a hundred men in your hair,
come with a thousand men between your breasts and your feet,
come like a riverfull of drowned men
which flows down to the wild sea,
to the eternal surf, to time!
Bring them all
to where I am waiting for you;
we shall always be alone,
we shall always be you and I
alone on earth
to start our life!
I am not jealous
of what came before me.
Come with a man on your shoulders,
come with a hundred men in your hair,
come with a thousand men between your breasts and your feet,
come like a riverfull of drowned men
which flows down to the wild sea,
to the eternal surf, to time!
Bring them all
to where I am waiting for you;
we shall always be alone,
we shall always be you and I
alone on earth
to start our life!
5/19/09
Lyrics 5
Lost and Found by Ledisi
Always alone
Someone come for me
Here on my own
Feels like the pain lasts an eternity
Tears come no more
I wanna smile again
Love again
Please someone find me
Souls pass me by
Why can’t they see me here?
Touch me one time
Just like magic I will re-appear
Sadness like the rain it showers over me
I wanna feel again
Please someone find me
Lost not yet found
Breathing in misery
Hope looks around
When will the sun ever shine on me?
I need love to come and carry me
Take me away
Please someone find me
Oh you've saved my soul
Maybe I'll scream and shout
Please someone come
I don’t wanna live without love
Hear my plea
I have love to give
I wanna live
Please someone find me
Always alone
Someone come for me
Here on my own
Feels like the pain lasts an eternity
Tears come no more
I wanna smile again
Love again
Please someone find me
Souls pass me by
Why can’t they see me here?
Touch me one time
Just like magic I will re-appear
Sadness like the rain it showers over me
I wanna feel again
Please someone find me
Lost not yet found
Breathing in misery
Hope looks around
When will the sun ever shine on me?
I need love to come and carry me
Take me away
Please someone find me
Oh you've saved my soul
Maybe I'll scream and shout
Please someone come
I don’t wanna live without love
Hear my plea
I have love to give
I wanna live
Please someone find me
1/15/09
Dialogue 3
Ordell Robbie: Is that what I think it is?
Jackie Brown: What do you think it is?
Ordell Robbie: I think it's a gun pressed up against my dick.
Jackie Brown: Well, you thought right.
from Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown: What do you think it is?
Ordell Robbie: I think it's a gun pressed up against my dick.
Jackie Brown: Well, you thought right.
from Jackie Brown
12/18/08
Poem 3
God's Wheel by Shel Silverstein
God says to me with a kind of smile,
"Hey how would you like to be God awhile
And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says God.
"I don't think you're quite ready yet."
God says to me with a kind of smile,
"Hey how would you like to be God awhile
And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says God.
"I don't think you're quite ready yet."
Dialogue 2
Priest: Don't be afraid, my son. No one is more powerful than God.
Calogero 'C' Anello: I don't know about that, father. Your guy may be bigger than my guy up there, but my guy is bigger than your guy down here.
Priest: Ya got a point.
from A Bronx Tale
Calogero 'C' Anello: I don't know about that, father. Your guy may be bigger than my guy up there, but my guy is bigger than your guy down here.
Priest: Ya got a point.
from A Bronx Tale
11/4/08
Election Day - HOPE!!! - Quotes
Change doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.
- Barack Obama, DNC Speech, August 8, 2008
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
- Barack Obama, speech, February 5, 2008
I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.
- Barack Obama, speech, January 8, 2008
- Barack Obama, DNC Speech, August 8, 2008
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
- Barack Obama, speech, February 5, 2008
I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.
- Barack Obama, speech, January 8, 2008
11/3/08
Lyrics 4 (dedicated to AG & HN)
In Repair by John Mayer
Too many shadows in my room
Too many hours in this midnight
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right
Oh it's taking so long
I could be wrong
I could be ready
Oh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair, I am in repair
Stood on the corner for a while
To wait for the wind to blow down on me
Hoping it takes with it my old ways
And brings some brand new luck upon me
Oh it's taking so long
I could be wrong
I could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair, I am in repair
And now I'm walking in a park
All of the birds they dance below me
Maybe when things turn green again
It will be good to say you know me
Oh it's taking so long
I could be wrong
I could be ready
Oh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unready
Oh I'm never really ready
I'm never really ready
I'm in repair
I'm not together, but I'm getting there
I'm in repair
I'm not together, but I'm getting there
I'm in repair
I'm not together, but I'm getting there
Too many shadows in my room
Too many hours in this midnight
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right
Oh it's taking so long
I could be wrong
I could be ready
Oh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair, I am in repair
Stood on the corner for a while
To wait for the wind to blow down on me
Hoping it takes with it my old ways
And brings some brand new luck upon me
Oh it's taking so long
I could be wrong
I could be ready
Oh but if i take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am in repair, I am in repair
And now I'm walking in a park
All of the birds they dance below me
Maybe when things turn green again
It will be good to say you know me
Oh it's taking so long
I could be wrong
I could be ready
Oh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unready
Oh I'm never really ready
I'm never really ready
I'm in repair
I'm not together, but I'm getting there
I'm in repair
I'm not together, but I'm getting there
I'm in repair
I'm not together, but I'm getting there
10/10/08
Lyrics 3
Better Togther by Jack Johnson
There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard,
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,
Like a shoebox of photographs,
With sepiatone loving,
Love is the answer
At least for most of the questions in my heart ,
Like why are we here?
And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy,
And sometimes life can be deceiving,
I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
MMM, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone,
When the morning light sings
And brings new things,
But tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too,
Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'll be under the impression, .
I was somewhere in between
With only two, Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now
Yeah, it's always better when we're together MMM,
We're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when,
and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing,
We're better together
There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard,
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,
Like a shoebox of photographs,
With sepiatone loving,
Love is the answer
At least for most of the questions in my heart ,
Like why are we here?
And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy,
And sometimes life can be deceiving,
I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
MMM, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone,
When the morning light sings
And brings new things,
But tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too,
Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'll be under the impression, .
I was somewhere in between
With only two, Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now
Yeah, it's always better when we're together MMM,
We're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when,
and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing,
We're better together
10/2/08
In Memory - Paul Newman Quotes
Rest In Peace - Paul Newman
January 26, 1925 - September 27, 2008
ON HIS CAREER
"I'm basically an irresponsible person, and I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me to continue in my irresponsibility. If you're lucky enough to do that, there's a kind of genius in it. If you fail, of course, it's disastrous. I've been lucky, but now it looks like some kind of grand design."
ON WINNING AN OSCAR
"It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say: 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired'. "
ON HIS LOOKS
"I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. "
ON MARRIAGE
"People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked."
ON HIS FOOD BUSINESS (NEWMAN'S OWN)
"When I realized I was going to have to be a whore, to put my face on the label, I decided that the only way I could do it was to give away all the money we make. "
ON THE PUBLIC
"The best letter I've gotten in my whole life was from a lady who wrote: 'I wish you could do something about the neck of your salad dressing bottle. It pours too freely.'
She wrote: 'I am going with this guy and he is married. And we don't get a chance to see each other very often, except maybe every couple of weeks in a hotel. And when I'm pouring the salad dressing, it pours out so fast that it gets all over his chest. Couldn't you have a squeeze bottle or something?' I read this thing and thought, 'My God, America has come to this?' "
ON CHARITY
"I'm not a professional philanthropist, and I'm not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer who puts back into the soil what he takes out."
ON GAY RIGHTS
"I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant. "
ON DEATH
"I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried — tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out. "
January 26, 1925 - September 27, 2008
ON HIS CAREER
"I'm basically an irresponsible person, and I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me to continue in my irresponsibility. If you're lucky enough to do that, there's a kind of genius in it. If you fail, of course, it's disastrous. I've been lucky, but now it looks like some kind of grand design."
ON WINNING AN OSCAR
"It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say: 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired'. "
ON HIS LOOKS
"I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. "
ON MARRIAGE
"People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked."
ON HIS FOOD BUSINESS (NEWMAN'S OWN)
"When I realized I was going to have to be a whore, to put my face on the label, I decided that the only way I could do it was to give away all the money we make. "
ON THE PUBLIC
"The best letter I've gotten in my whole life was from a lady who wrote: 'I wish you could do something about the neck of your salad dressing bottle. It pours too freely.'
She wrote: 'I am going with this guy and he is married. And we don't get a chance to see each other very often, except maybe every couple of weeks in a hotel. And when I'm pouring the salad dressing, it pours out so fast that it gets all over his chest. Couldn't you have a squeeze bottle or something?' I read this thing and thought, 'My God, America has come to this?' "
ON CHARITY
"I'm not a professional philanthropist, and I'm not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer who puts back into the soil what he takes out."
ON GAY RIGHTS
"I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant. "
ON DEATH
"I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried — tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out. "
9/22/08
Lyrics 2
Glory Box by Portishead
I'm so tired
Of playing,
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just. . .Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be...A woman.
I just wanna be a woman.
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room,Yeah
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be...A woman.
I just wanna be a woman.
So don't you stop bein' a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be here;
A woman.
I just wanna be a woman.
It's all I wanna be is a woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
Its time to move over
I'm so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
I'm so tired
Of playing,
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just. . .Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be...A woman.
I just wanna be a woman.
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room,Yeah
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be...A woman.
I just wanna be a woman.
So don't you stop bein' a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be here;
A woman.
I just wanna be a woman.
It's all I wanna be is a woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
Its time to move over
I'm so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Poem 2
My Dream by Ogden Nash
This is my dream,
It is my own dream,
I dreamt it.
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
This is my dream,
It is my own dream,
I dreamt it.
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
Quote 2
I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak.
-John Lennon
-John Lennon
9/17/08
Poem 1
For A Poet by Countee Cullen
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold;
Where long will cling the lips of the moth,
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth;
I hide no hate; I am not even wroth
Who found earth's breath so keen and cold;
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold.
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