Never do things by halves.

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Two halves would not be one,
If our paths had never crossed,
And we went our separate ways,
Where would we probably be?

Two halves on different paths,
But we were meant to be,
If not sooner than later, but
Where would we probably be?

Two halves in separate worlds,
Spinning apart never knowing,
They were meant to be one,
Where would we probably be?

Two halves would be unfulfilled,
Because if we’re apart too long,
I feel empty and lost in space,
Where would we probably be?

Two halves of two worlds collided,
When years ago you said yes,
Our worlds are meant to be one,
Where would we probably be?

Two halves became whole, and
The part of our lives apart, is not
Going to be that question of,
Where would we probably be?

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Edgar Lee Masters

Henry Layton

Whoever thou art who passest by
Know that my father was gentle,
And my mother was violent,
While I was born the whole of such hostile halves,
Not intermixed and fused,
But each distinct, feebly soldered together.
Some of you saw me as gentle,
Some as violent,
Some as both.
But neither half of me wrought my ruin.
It was the falling asunder of halves,
Never a part of each other,
That left me a lifeless soul.

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They were two halves that together formed a magical whole.

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Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.

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George Bernard Shaw

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

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don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

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Hard To Reveal

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You see in my eyes a reflection
That I wanna give you affection
My eyes don't lie
They show you my deepest emotion
When we make love in slow motion
My eyes don't lie
All the things you see are previews of you and me
My eyes don't lie a thing
My eyes don't lie a thing
All the things I see are secrets you share with me
My eyes don't hide a thing
My eyes don't hide a thing
Chorus
It's hard to reveal
There's something about you
We're two halves of a whole
You're my heart - You're my soul
x2
No need to search for devotion
My body will give you the notion
My eyes don't lie
Swept by the deepest temptation
I'll show you my imagination
My eyes don't lie
All the things you see are previews of you and me
My eyes don't lie a thing
My eyes don't lie a thing
All the things you see are secrets you share with me
My eyes don't hide a thing
Your eyes don't hide a thing
Chorus x2

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Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person.

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Matsuo Basho

Don't imitate me

Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

Translated by Robert Hass

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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.

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Will the Revolution Be Televised

The elephant and donkey are one in same
Two halves conjoined to sustain corruption
‘Lest “We the people” soon end their game
Using peaceful revolution, our best option


(ROTMS)

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Order of Things

The order of life and things
'Family, home, God and what your toil will bring'.

Do unto others
'As we did and do; for our own sisters and Mothers'.

One Should have pride in the good they do
'That is why God created you and you; and me too'

Evil will destroy evil and that is a fact
'Just refuse to participate in an evil act'..

Responsibility comes with an age and a title too
Judgment for how many and what did you do.'
Stand up for right and insist each child does belong
'A child cannot sin nor can it do evil wrong.'

No one has the right or authority to profane
'How can the universal creator have an earthly name'?

Two different halves together can make a whole
'The children have the right, their story to unfold.

10-04-05 Aho Speaks

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I Thought You Know Me

I hand a piece of paper
It is cut into halves like the shape of my heart.
And you take the other and read the letters there
There is no way you can decipher
What I want to mean. You take the other half back and
Then you Look at Me and Ask

Is there something here Is there something?
Twice. I said Yes There is Something in There.
And then You Ask for My Name
Where I live and what i do.
Who I am?

I ask myself, how come that I have loved you so much?

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Women in two halves

Woman is in two halves:
To be free/to be taken care of;
To be sexual/ to be swept away;
To seduce man/ to self indulge;
To mother man/ to slave to man
Both ways she must be handled
08.01.2006

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Don’t share happiness and sorrow

When shared, happiness doubles.
When shared, sorrow halves.
It is so to the speakers,
And reverses to the listeners.
07.04.2006

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No Future, Too Much Past

When you have no future
You have to live in the past
A member of this human race
Who'll pass the finish line last.

The future, things to come
Nothing much except pain
The past, Times gone by
Nothing at all, just plenty of rain.

So disaster looms on every corner
Just waiting to leap out at you
You could take a different path
But it finds you whatever you do.
So the future and the past Are just one and the same
The first and second halves of a stupid bloody game
Impossible to win, Destined to lose
I should just give in and sink into the ooze.

And the future draws to a close
While the past increases in size
No future, too much past
And more loneliness, sadness and lies.

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the reason why i want to be you
is because you like to be me too

we become mirrors then
i to you
and you to me

what i do you shall do
and what you do i shall do too

it happens all the time
and all the people in the neighborhood
talk and laugh

about this mimicry
they call it crazy

we look like a melon cut into
perfect halves

how boring, how nauseating
because you are still a woman
and i have remained my own man

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Mutuality Galore

the reason why i want to be you
is because you like to be me too

we become mirrors then
i to you
and you to me

what i do you shall do
and what you do i shall do too

it happens all the time
and all the people in the neighborhood
talk and laugh

about this mimicry
they call it crazy

we look like a melon cut into
perfect halves

how boring, how nauseating
because you are still a woman
and i have remained my own man

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Clouds shower silver
My salted sanded feet meet
Treasure-chest unhinged
Glistening shell halves askant
Ruffled gull, pewter and pearl.

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The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants.

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