Michael Franti Quotes
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.
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The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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If I'm paying money to come to see you, you shouldn't look like everybody else in the crowd.
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'Loving Frank' is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago - Frank Lloyd Wright and his married client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The affair set off a colossal newspaper scandal when the lovers ran off to Europe together.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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Work is what saves you.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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More understand China, then more people will have interest in China and more people will come to China to visit us because I am a tourist ambassador.
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Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.
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I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people.
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I'm a bad interview because I want to always feel like I'm being totally honest, but at the same time, I'm absolutely paranoid. That combination results in a lot of spaces.
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Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
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I think it's just constantly on my mind: wanting to help people, not just with music but with my words. I feel like I want to do that for people.
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Now you are seeing electronic dance music producers on TV, on talk shows. It's so great to see the festivals growing bigger and bigger, it's like one big family that's all partying with each other. I love being a part of that.
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I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
