They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won’t do a better job of it.
DAR WILLIAMSSlavery doesn’t have any positives.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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There’s always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn’t play.
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And where does magic come from? I think that magic’s in the learning.
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I’ve watched towns and cities evolve and become very resilient, and fun, and unique, and prosperous on their own terms. And the secret is bridging. It’s when the local church has a fun clothing swap fundraiser with a temple, and then the next year they bring in the mosque.
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God looks like a guidance counselor, God’s got that smile. God says, ‘How could this be? That’s really odd I guess I’ll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I’m only God.’
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And you bring your words, But you’re just like them, You’re unprepared ‘Cause you don’t know the terrain
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I really lucked out with that song [“As Cool As I Am”]. Men were becoming much more comfortable with all the different facets and parts of their identity, including their gentler, funnier, sillier, nurturing parts. They started showing up.
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Everyone has to decide how they’re going to appear in their lives, how they’re going to put themselves out there to the world.
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But where do we come up with this notion of a woman in which the less space you take up, the more you’re worth?
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We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.
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I would encourage people to bridge broadly and creatively in their communities, not just because that creates the most fun and resiliency, but also because it creates the most points of access for people to be part of the community, which is what democracy is at its best.
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The pendulum usually swings from left to right and then right to left, but there are so many people in power who have taken the pendulum and just pinned it to the right that there is a fear that it’s never going to swing back.
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Women were making more money. Women were saying, “My voice counts. If we’re going out on a Friday night, I don’t want to see a Rambo movie. I want to go see a singer/songwriter who sings about my life”.
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I am one of those sort of “lesser” types, those sensitive types, those people who wouldn’t have made it on their own if other people hadn’t helped them.
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I went from having three little jobs that I strung together to being on the road full-time; having some savings that my managers told me to spend.
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Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
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