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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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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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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Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.
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We were five heterosexual, good-looking men. We competed against each other for the sexiest girls... I won.
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I was raised in Connecticut. And I honestly wasn't aware that my dad was a celebrity until I moved to Los Angeles a year ago.
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I think that the whole thing, the crux of the whole psychedelic issue, is that it accentuates personal responsibility by making people take their own experiences seriously.
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I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.
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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.
