Michael Franti Quotes
A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.

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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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The study titled 'Impact of Immigration on Wages, by Education Level, 1994-2007' found that increased immigration had an effect of lowering wages for earlier immigrants by an average of 4.6 percent. Running counter to popular perception is the finding that for native-born Americans, wages actually increased by 0.6 percent.
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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
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I'd like to do a really masculine film.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show.
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People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.
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Having an education is invaluable.
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I'm as honest as I can be.
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Most people can accept the truth only in the form of a lie.
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I'm a thigh-meat dude. Thigh is just the best meat - I don't get chicken breast. I think it's a publicity stunt that we've convinced people it's delicious.
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Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is.
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When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring.
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A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.