Pete Seeger Quotes
I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.
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For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.
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Together we will act to bring about national reconciliation, secure Malaysia's economic future, and build a stronger, more harmonious society.
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
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I love funk and soul and Motown.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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If a person wants to enjoy attention, he will create situations to get it.
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You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.
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'Can't Get Closer' I originally recorded in about half an hour, just on my bed with a microphone. I actually re-recorded the song with a cleaner vocal take, but I decided to leave the demo version on there, just because I felt that instant where it was created is what captured the most emotion.
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Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest.
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I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.
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I like how steady the work in television is. Films, they're hard to come by. They're elusive. I've done a couple, independently financed. You do them, and maybe a few people will see them.
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We like lists because we don't want to die.
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Sedition involves sloganeering with incitement. It may be anti-national, but not a crime, unless you incite violence or communal tension.
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Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.
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We do not need an Osami <sic> bin Laden leading us.
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The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.
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The moral is that it is probably better not to sin at all, but ifsome kind of sin you must be pursuing,Well, remember to do it by doing rather than by not doing.
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As I said, it was inevitable, and I don’t let laws of nature upset me.
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The contribution of West African languages to Ebonics is absolutely infinitesimal. What it actually is is a very interesting hybrid of regional dialects of Great Britain that slaves in America were exposed to because they often worked alongside the indentured servants who spoke those dialects that we often learn about in school.
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I want to be as creatively disruptive as possible. I want to be radically transparent in a way that isn't showboating.
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I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.
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The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.
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I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.
