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1 " Seems like everything lead up to this dayand it's just like every day that's ever been.Sun goin' up and then the sunit goin' down. "
― Jerry Garcia
2 " It’s all part of it, man. "
3 " Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it's been. "
4 " For any scene to work, along with that freedom there's implicit responsibility - you have to be doing something somewhere along the line - there is no free ride. And you have to know where you're going. "
― Jerry Garcia , Garcia: A Signpost To New Space
5 " We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice. "
6 " Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. "
7 " That's the "freedom lie." There's been a lie about what freedom is and the big lie is that freedom means absolutely and utterly free, and it really doesn't mean anything of the sort. The case in point is when you have your own scene like that [Haight-Ashbury in the 60s] Somebody comes in and they're free to move in but likewise you're free to tell them to get out. "
8 " Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it's Alright "
9 " We're sort of like the town whore that's finally become an institution. We're finally becoming respectable. "
10 " What a long strange trip it's been. "
11 " once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right "
12 " If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will. "
13 " I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 percent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves. "
14 " The sun will shine in my back door one day.. "
15 " Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat. I know what I'm askin'. I know it's a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not. "
16 " Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win!live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. "
17 " There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone "
18 " Don't tell me this town 'aint got no heart "
19 " every mind is at least as heavy as mine "
20 " Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone. I wouldn't mind hanging, boys, but you wait in jail so long. "
