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1 " Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought. "
― E.Y. Harburg
2 " Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,worthy of Kubla Khan's Xanadu dome;Plushy and swanky, with posh hanky pankythat affluent Yankees can really callhome.Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,a push-button palace, fluorescent repose;Electric devices for facing a crisiswith frozen fruit ices and cinema shows.Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelterall chromium kitchens and rubber-tiled dorms;With waterproof portals to echo the chortlesof weatherproof mortals in hydrogen storms.What a great come-to-glory emporium!To enjoy a deluxe moratorium,Where nuclear heat can beguile the elitein a creme-de-la-creme crematorium. "
3 " All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today. "
4 " Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. "
5 " My heart wants rootsMy mind wants wings.I cannot bearTheir bickerings. "
6 " My heart wants roots. My mind wants wings. I cannot bear their bickerings. "
7 " Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree; And only God who makes the tree Also makes the fools like me. But only fools like me, you see, Can make a God, who makes a tree. "
8 " I never knew the charm of springNever met it face to faceI never knew my heart could singNever missed a warm embraceTill April in ParisWhom can I run toWhat have you done to My heart "
9 " Words make you think thoughts, music makes you feel a feeling, but a song makes you feel a thought. "