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It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.


Jean Giraudoux

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waiting for sunset.
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BRIAN MAY There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. -Jean Giraudoux.
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MARINA BARTUREN A regular visitor that never stay long and yet keep you waiting for its next visit.
AYODAPO OYELANA All this waiting.
Waiting for the rain to
stop. Waiting in traffic.
Waiting for the...
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MIRANDA LAMBERT I climb into the dark for you
Are you waiting in the stars for me?
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ETHAN ALLEN Thank you for waiting for me for a long time.
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JEAN BAUDRILLARD Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the o...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD