I don't like my language watered down, I don't like my edges rounded off.


Ani DiFranco

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I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
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Married to the Mob.
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Hello you're with Drudge.
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I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
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throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
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I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
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Not like I dont prepare for every second of my life.
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You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
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if i dont write to empty my mind, i go mad
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do tou think i would speak for you? i dont even know your language
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I got so much tarter i dont gotta dip my fishsticks in shit!
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DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry
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I dont understand flirting.
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I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I dont sleep with happily married men.
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I dont know that happened.
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I shall never have a bath again," I said.
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Dont speak of tomorrow.Let the music speak to us tonight,in a happier language than ours.
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I dont know what happens to country.
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I dont have a girlfriend, I have a dog.
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I wish I could help you" I whisper.
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Sauces or peppers that arent hot, are like books that dont entretain (or vice versa).
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I dont have a crush on anyone easily.
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Love is a stranger and dont Live here,, and it dont even Visit
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I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing.
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Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission.
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I walk around like everything is fine, but deep down inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.
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If it doesnt help, I damned sure dont know what will.
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'I dont need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it
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dont break hearts, just bones
JERAMEE PLOOG
Dont copy looks create them
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Rocker dudes dont have swagger
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Oh..please dont eat me, I have a wife and three kids...eat them!
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