Joan Baez Quotes
Bangladesh, Bangladesh When the sun sinks in the west Die a million people of the Bangladesh
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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I love South By because people are more relaxed here, and people are a little more off guard. They say things and react more freely than Sundance or Cannes. I love the feel of this festival.
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money.
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I think about the cosmic snowball theory. A few million years from now the sun will burn out and lose its gravitational pull. The earth will turn into a giant snowball and be hurled through space. When that happens it won't matter if I get this guy out.
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Bangladesh, Bangladesh When the sun sinks in the west Die a million people of the Bangladesh
