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No one laughs at God in a hospital,
No one laughs at God in a war,
No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor...

— Regina Spektor Far (2009)

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Love is the answer to a question I have forgotten, but I know I've been asked. And the answer has got to be love.

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Pickle jars are just pickle jars, and pickles are just pickles.

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That solo's awful long
But it's a good refrain

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I've got a perfect body
But sometimes I forget
I've got a perfect body, because my eyelashes catch my sweat
Yes they do, they do.

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