Ani DiFranco Quotes
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When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days.
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Country music is three chords and the truth.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
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I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
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I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
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We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.
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I'm a registered, vetted gun owner, but that's because I live way out in the country, like way out in the middle of nowhere.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day.
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But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country.
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I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.
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[James] Baldwin said the real question is not when there will be the first Negro president in this country. The important question is what country he's going to be the president of.
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This really should be kept secret, but you can learn a lot by watching the making-of DVDs. Every actor should do it. You figure out what you're dealing with.
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The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.
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I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better.
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The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance.
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My country tis of thee,To take swings at each other on talk-show TV.
