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title: "2 Curb Outside Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Curb Outside quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Curb Outside sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/preston-sturges-31720_cents_when-the-last-dime-is-gone-i-ll-sit-on-t_350990.jpg"
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> [When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sturges/when-the-last-dime-is-gone-i-ll-sit-on-the-curb-outside-with-a-pencil/)

[Preston Sturges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sturges/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/preston-sturges-31720_cents_when-the-last-dime-is-gone-i-ll-sit-on-t_350990.jpg)

> [“I sit down on the curb, outside the Opera. People passing look at me. I will wait here for a hundred years. Or until the hot meat of romance is cooled by the dull gravy of common sense once more”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-barthelme/i-sit-down-on-the-curb-outside-the-opera-people-passing-look-at-me-i/)

[Donald Barthelme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-barthelme/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/donald-barthelme-2980_curb_i-sit-down-on-the-curb-outside-the-opera_1947234.png)

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