A Quote by Bob Dylan
One who sings with his tongue on fire, gargles in the rat race choir.
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The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.
It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.
Today's youth seem finally to have understood that only by freeing woman from her exclusively sexual role can man free himself from his ordained role in the rat-race: that of the rat.
The rat race is real. I was part of the rat race.
It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.
People sometimes forget that a rat race can be won only by a rat.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
Just because it's a rat race doesn't mean it's okay to be a rat.
Everybody in America is so money-hungry. It's like a rat race and even when you win you're still a freaking rat.
Don't ever forget the words on a postcard that my father sent me last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat.
Only a rat can win a rat race.
You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.
Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.
What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again.
An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
A lot of people live with no apparent means of support. I kind of envy the musicians up there. You're down here, busting your ass in Hollywood, and it's like Lily Tomlin's joke about the rat race - all you prove in the end is that you're a rat.
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