Sesame Street

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Quotes from Sesame Street

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"Justice is when people finally leave me alone."
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"Creativity is wasting time in a fancier way."
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"Gratitude? For what? More things to be annoyed about?"
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"Perseverance is just stubbornness with a nicer name."
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"Death would be fine if it meant fewer people around."
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"Humor is fine as long as it's at someone else's expense."
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"Dreams? I dream about being left alone."
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"Work is what other people do while I'm being grouchy."
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"A real leader tells everyone else what to do while staying in their trash can."
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"Faith in what? That things will get worse? I already have that."
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"Music is just noise with a schedule."
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"Science? Sounds like a waste of time."
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"Art is whatever I decide is art, and right now that's junk."
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"Nature would be perfect if there were fewer people in it."
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"Peace is what I have when I'm alone in my trash can."
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"Family is just people you're stuck with. It's called entrapment."
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"True friendship is when someone respects your desire to never see them again."
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"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a better trash can."
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"Knowledge is power, and I'd rather have neither."
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"Education just teaches you more reasons to be miserable."
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"Change? The only change I like is the change between seasons when it gets colder."
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"I've got all the courage I need to tell you to get lost."
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"Wisdom is knowing when to tell everyone to beat it."
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"Hope is just disappointment waiting to happen."
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"Life's too short to smile about it."
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"Love? That's just an excuse to get in someone's business."
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"Success is when people finally stop bothering me."
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"Beautiful things are overrated. Give me trash any day."
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"I don't need friends. Friends need me to leave them alone."
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"The best time is when everyone else goes away."
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