They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won’t do a better job of it.
DAR WILLIAMSA song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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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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Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
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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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We have evolved to understand that language of power that’s taken too much.
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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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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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The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman Empire, the British Empire, and the Nazi empire all have things in common.
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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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A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
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A straightforward capitalist society would’ve cut them off and let them die. So I was saved by my friends and by my family and by people who cared about me, and by modern psychotherapy that cared about women.
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And I’ll act like I have faith, and like that faith never ends, but I really just have friends.
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If you’re lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.
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I am happy to do political fundraisers. I always hope that my friends will be, too. It’s part of who you are and you shouldn’t feel ashamed of what you believe in.
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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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What was nice about the nineties is that it was an example of music that responded to a desire of the times. It spoke to the social conditions of the times.
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