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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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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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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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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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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Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.
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I took two or three months and I came up with a reason that I thought was enough and I went with it: if there is a God he's definitely not benevolent. We should mean less to him than ants. And if there is a God or there are gods they would value, more than anything, free will.
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If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.
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We were flat tonight. We are still not quite good enough to stay with a team like that.
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I was very fortunate, because I don't think many people get to spend time with their great-grandfathers. So, he passed away when I was 15, so I spent a lot of time with him. We lived together. He traveled a lot, but when he was here, we lived together.
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I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green Lantern of M'Elu, for a backup story in 'Green Lantern #162,' my first professional sale.
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I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.
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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
