“Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)”

—  Bob Dylan, book Chronicles: Volume One

Source: Chronicles, Vol. 1

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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

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