Joan Baez Quotes
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I've never been a partier.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.
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I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
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Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
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The anti-Darwin movement has racked up one astounding achievement. It has made a significant proportion of American parents care about what their children are taught in school.
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After sitting for two to three hours at a stretch, my feet just swell up. So I try to walk as much as I can.
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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
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When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.
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Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.
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You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
