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“Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up...”

Men Firsts Ends Born Half Too Much Dog Beats Towns Kicks Covering Dead Man

Author:Bruce Springsteen

“The Big L was cold crazy, A top-notch crook snatchin' pocket books from old ladies I told him, "Give up the dough, before you get smoked! Oh you broke? ( *shots* ) Now you're dead broke" My name is L and I'm from a part of town where clowns, Get beat down and all you hear is gunshot sounds 'Cause at nighttime niggas try to tax, they're sneakier than alley cats, that's why I carry gats”

Giving Trying Book Bigs Names Causes Sound Crazy Cold Taxes Giving Up Beats Shots Cat Towns Down And Broke Pockets Clown Alleys Old Lady Crooks Nighttime Dough Notches Gunshots Top Notch Alley Cats

Author:Big L

“In little towns, lives roll along so close to one another; loves and hates beat about, their wings almost touching.”

Littles Hate Beats Towns Wings Touching Love And Hate Little Towns

Book:The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...

Source: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...

“The smaller the town the more important the ball club was. But if you beat a bigger town they'd practically hand you the key to the city. Any if you lost a game by making an error in the ninth or something like that, well, the best thing to do was just pack your grip and hit the road, because they'd never let you forget it.”

Ifs Wells Important Hands Games Lost Forget Cities Keys Beats Balls Bigger Towns Errors Clubs Best Things Things To Do Packs Forget It

Author:Smoky Joe Wood

“I started in theater when I was 14 in the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side in New York. You hustle, you beat the sidewalk, the pavement - audition, audition. I just started working around town everywhere. I mean everywhere - the Village, Harlem, you know. Brooklyn Academy Of Music. Just job after job.”

Knows Mean Jobs Sides Streets New York Beats Theater Towns East Village Auditions Academy Brooklyn Hustle Sidewalk Pavement Harlem East Side

Author:Jackee Harry

“He took a stance as a man, and the greatest thing about Peter Norman is when you sit back and think about Tommie Smith and John Carlos here in America, they could go beat up on Tommie Smith and get tired of beating up on him and go to the other side of town and find John Carlos and beat up on him, but when Peter Norman left and went to Australia, there was no switch-off on Peter.”

Thinking Men America Left Sides Beats Towns Tired Australia Peter Stance

Author:John Carlos

“It`s hard to beat something with nothing. Republicans across the country are feeling the burn from an energized and angry segment of the electorate which is descending on GOP town halls and these folks want answers.”

Want Country Hard Feelings Answers Republican Beats Towns Angry Folks Halls Gop Descending Electorate

Author:Chuck Todd

“Whereas the town knows all about you already and wants to know more and wants to beat you with what it knows till how can you have any of yourself left at all?”

Knows Want Left Beats Towns

Author:Patrick Ness

“Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs! Knocker and gongs! Pound, pound, far underground! Ho, ho! my lad! Swish, smack! Whip crack! Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat! Work, work! Nor dare to shirk, While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh, Round and round far underground Below, my lad!”

Black Laughing Beats Towns Rounds Dare Crush Pounds Cracks Crash Hammers Clash Whips Snaps Lad Smack Goblin Gongs Shirk Knockers

Book:The Hobbit

Source: The Hobbit

“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”

Hard Time Tree Flower Kings Mountain Beats Bird All Things Stones Towns Ruins Meals Beast Iron Bites Steel Grind Riddle

Book:The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition

“Small towns are like metronomes; with the slightest flick, the beat changes.”

Beats Towns Small Town Metronomes

Author:Mitch Albom

“Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well, the good ol' days may not return And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well, some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there I'm learning to fly around the clouds But what goes up must come down”

Knows World Wells Heart May Stills Might Break Sun Sea Rocks Return Beats Towns Wings Clouds Stealing Hardest Hills Dirty Crowns Hardest Thing Lit God Knows All Alone Break Your Heart Good Ol Days

Author:Tom Petty