Ani DiFranco Quotes
So I’ll walk the plank and I’ll jump with a smile.If I’m gonna go down, I’m gonna do it with style,and you won't see me surrender, you won't hear me confess,'Cuz you've left me with nothing, but i've worked with less.
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What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words.
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As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.
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I actually moved from engineering to acting. I think what's important is how talented and passionate you are.
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What dark secrets do you keep hidden from the world? Where would you go if no one could find you? What would you do if no one could see you?
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So I’ll walk the plank and I’ll jump with a smile.If I’m gonna go down, I’m gonna do it with style,and you won't see me surrender, you won't hear me confess,'Cuz you've left me with nothing, but i've worked with less.
