Joan Baez Quotes
I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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I really appreciate anyone trying to inject art into mainstream film.
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In capitalist society individuals are controlled by a pitiless law usually beyond their comprehension. The alienated human specimen is tied to society as a whole by an invisible umbilical cord: the law of value. This law acts upon all aspects of one's life, shaping its course and destiny.
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I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
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'Father, forgive them,' said Jesus, 'for they know not what they do' - People of good sense whoever you may be, I will add, do not listen to them, for they know not what they say.
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I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.
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I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
