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"To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell."
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"Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward."
"If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel."
"We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? - Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel?"
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"
"The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish."
"One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road."
"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"
"So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad."
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"Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all."
"But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late."
"I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell."
"If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again."
"Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead."
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