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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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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Everybody wants attention, more or less. I just want a lot.
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I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going to put on a play for them.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
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What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism.
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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.
