Joan Baez Quotes
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There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
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The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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The thing about Marvel is that they're not - they're into real acting. They're looking for artists that are willing to take chances and are willing to create characters. Even if that character has been around for years and years in comic books, they still are depending on us to create something and take it somewhere else.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!
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You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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The type of music I make, it's not just straight-up rapping. There's emotion in it. That's why people feel each song differently. I get all my vibes from rock music, you know? All my melodies and all that.
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I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.
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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
