The New Life

Ive burned my bridges
And Im free at last
All my chains are
In the past
The new life starts here
(I was trying to get happy
I thought it was hard
Until I found that
In my own back yard
The new life starts here)
The day is wide open
The sky is blue
The world is a miracle
And so are you
The new life starts here
My papers arrived
Stamped and complete
All previous dispatches
Are obsolete
The new life starts here

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song performed by Waterboys
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A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.

Chinese proverbs
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And our big theme has been, you have made so much progress, we urge you on with the openings and market openings that have occurred. They clearly work and continuing on that path will produce further growth and further opportunities for the Indian people.

quote by John W. Snow
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The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

quote by John Kenneth Galbraith
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Absolute Beginners

Ive nothing much to offer
Theres nothing much to take
Im an absolute beginner
And Im absolutely sane
As long as were together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But were absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean/sail over heartaches second time
Just like the films
Theres no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
Its absolutely true
Nothing much could happen
Nothing we cant shake

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song performed by David Bowie
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A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

quote by Paul Tsongas
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Winning starts with beginning.

quote by Robert H. Schuller
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Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to growl,
Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
Great big furry back and furry hair.
Ah, think Ill call it a bear.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled.
He saw milk comin out but he didnt know how.
Ah, think Ill call it a cow.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

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song performed by Bob Dylan
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God save me from a bad neighbor and a beginner on the fiddle.

Italian proverbs
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

T.S. Eliot in Four Quartets
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

quote by Rainer Maria Rilke
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I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.

quote by Wilhelm Steinitz
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It Starts With A Kiss

It starts with a kiss,
That brings the world down,
A kiss,
That makes my body give in,

It starts with a kiss,
And your hands,
Slowly moving down my back,
And lifting me up to put my legs around you,

It starts with a kiss,
Our lips will do what they do,
My lips will part,
When yours do,

It starts with a kiss,
With my hands through your hair,
And with your hands on my waist,
Man this world seems to quake,

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poem by Tin Mouse
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Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

quote by Sydney J. Harris
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few.

quote by Shunryu Suzuki
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

quote by Shunryu Suzuki
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There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.

quote by John Elway
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God save you from a bad neighbour, and from a beginner on the fiddle.

Italian proverbs
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Defeating...That Beast

You've begun...to defeat,
That beast that's come to be.
You've become...to defeat it!
You've begun...to defeat it!

You've begun...to defeat,
That beast that's come to be.
You've become...to defeat it!
You've begun...to defeat it!

Think about the distance you've come,
Defeating...the beast.
Think about your decision not to run,
Away...from the beast.
Think about those knees on the ground,
Weeping for the beast.
Think about the dirt you ate,
Fed...by the beast.
Think about celebrating...
Those days ahead awaiting!

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

quote by Robert Frost
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