Ani DiFranco Quotes
Freedom and democracy,That's the word from Washington every day.Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés,And people are expendable along the way.
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I am not honest.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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I won't go to Hell for swearing because I repent too damn fast!
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Modern schools and universities push students into habits of depersonalized learning, alienation from nature and sexuality, obedience to hierarchy, fear of authority, self-objectification, and chilling competitiveness. These character traits are the essence of the twisted personality-type of modern industrialism. They are precisely the character traits needed to maintain a social system that is utterly out of touch with nature, sexuality and real human needs.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.
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I just want to make the best music I can make.
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Freedom and democracy,That's the word from Washington every day.Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés,And people are expendable along the way.
