Joan Baez Quotes
True he was a vocal miracle But that's only secondary It's the soul of the monarch butterfly That I find a little bit scary
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It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan for how you are going to behave in 25 years seems based on a view of life that is incomprehensible to me.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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Lifting weights is obviously important, because you want to be strong and fast and all of that, but it's not one of those things you gotta go and try to bench as much as you can every day. A bench press isn't going to help you throw a 15-yard out or a deep comeback. It's not about that. It's about training right.
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I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it's all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.
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The art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.
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The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.
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True he was a vocal miracle But that's only secondary It's the soul of the monarch butterfly That I find a little bit scary
