Judy Collins Quotes
I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I had this deep, bassy voice. But I had incredible passion for the music I was singing.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble.
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake up and realise that what seemed to be important last year no longer is. I'm increasingly grateful for every day.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit.
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A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.
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I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.
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I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove.
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A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.
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Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.
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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I had this deep, bassy voice. But I had incredible passion for the music I was singing.
