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Rod McKuen Quotes: People often say 'I live for my art.' Bullshit! If you are given a talent it's to be used. It's not in the private domain.
         

People often say 'I live for my art.' Bullshit! If you are given a talent it's to be used. It's not in the private domain.


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Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.



We come into the world alone. We go away the same. We're meant to spend the interlude between in closeness or so we tell ourselves. But it's a long way from the morning to the evening.

We come into the world alone. We go away the same. We're meant to spend the interlude between in closeness or so we tell ourselves. But it's a long way from the morning to the evening.



Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.



It's nice sometimes to open up the heart a little and let some hurt come in. It proves you're still alive.

It's nice sometimes to open up the heart a little and let some hurt come in. It proves you're still alive.



Extending your hand is extending yourself.

Extending your hand is extending yourself.



The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.



I cannot speculate on what our cluttered mind will save- sleepy Sundays, or a nosebleed after love. I know only the dying heart needs the nourishment of memory to live beyond too many winters.

I cannot speculate on what our cluttered mind will save- sleepy Sundays, or a nosebleed after love. I know only the dying heart needs the nourishment of memory to live beyond too many winters.



Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.

Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.



If you love somebody, tell them.

If you love somebody, tell them.





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Live today, for tomorrow we die.



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I'm trying to feel sorry for you, really I am,"North said."If you wait just a moment I'm sure the tears will come.



People think, 'Oh, I'm loving myself by sitting on this sofa for four hours.' Love yourself enough to get up!

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Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director.

Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director.



I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.



There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.



What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should do. You do the best you can.

What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should do. You do the best you can.



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She's been on more laps than a napkin.



I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.

I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.




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