Dar Williams Quotes
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air bachelor pad. It was where he first met the Beatles.
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To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
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I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear.
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I'm a product of good nutrition, cutting edge supplementation and hard training, and I'm an old guy.
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I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in an attempt to recover his health, which never happened.
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We always learn more from the losing than the winning.
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I'm kind of like a bit of everything wrapped into one.
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When people are on 'The Bachelor' it gives them the opportunity to put their best foot forward, especially when you're around the 'Bachelor' or the 'Bachelorette;' that one person who you're vying for attention with.
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Religion doesn't play any part in my life in terms of how I live my life. But I don't think I've ever gone through a day in my life without hearing someone say the word 'Jew' or saying it myself.
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To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.
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One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.'
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Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.
