“If you listen to the good things people say about you, you might just start believing them. If you listen to the bad things people say about you, you might just start believing them.”
- Elizabeth Taylor
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“If you listen to the good things people say about you, you might just start believing them. If you listen to the bad things people say about you, you might just start believing them.”
- Elizabeth Taylor
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Lesson here: don’t listen.
Amen.
Ever. Like…even to your mother.
Well, I thought about the army
Dad said, “Son, you’re fucking high”
And I thought,
“Yeah, there’s a first for everything”
So I took my old man’s advice
Three sad semesters
It was only 15 grand spent in bed
I thought about the army
I dropped out and joined a band instead
Grew a moustache and a mullet
Got a job at Chick-fil-A
Citing artistic differences
The band broke up in May
And in June reformed without me
And they got a different name
I nuked another grandma’s apple pie
And hung my head in shame, no…
I’ve been thinking a lot today
I’ve been thinking a lot today
Oh, I think I’ll write a screenplay
Oh, I think I’ll take it to L.A.
Oh, I think I’ll get it done yesterday (Aw, shit!)
In this time of introspection
On the eve of my election
I say to my reflection,
“God, please spare me more rejection!”
‘Cause my peers they criticize me
And my ex-wives all despise me
Try to put it all behind me
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels
I’ve been thinking a lot today
I’ve been thinking a lot today
I’ve been thinking a lot today
I thought about the army
– Ben Folds Five, “Army”
And most people listen to the negative and it’s harder to get those negative thoughts out of our head.