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Oh but I'd pay anything to keep my conscience clean.
I'm keeping my eyes on the the exit sign. Steady now.

— St. Vincent Actor (2009)

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You can’t apologize your way into people’s hearts ... You have to go full force.

For that to have come out of someone's brain, period, is a remarkable feat.

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Come, my love, the stage is waiting,
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