Pete Seeger Quotes
When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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I'm just not very funny.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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Travelling was a big part of my childhood and one that I value very much. In some respects, I can't help but be a bit of a gypsy as an adult. I get fidgety if I'm in one place for longer than three months.
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If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
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Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.
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There's always a need at a critical time for poetry.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.
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You play like you practice and practice how you play.
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Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.
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When you play the 12-string guitar, you spend half your life tuning the instrument and the other half playing it out of tune.
