I came out of that and said I don’t want to go back to feeling depressed. So I asked myself, what can I be optimistic about, in terms of the course of the planet? And I discovered there was no end to the optimism I felt.
DAR WILLIAMSMilwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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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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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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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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When we learn about ourselves, we can evolve.
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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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Now that I believe in God, I have an extra layer of saying I’ll write about what I write about and assume that I’m being offered the opportunity to illuminate something important. But when you think you are too important, you become some sort of fascist.
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We have evolved to understand that language of power that’s taken too much.
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The light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.
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I have a sordid past.
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If you’re looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you’ve got to go to Wisconsin.
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It’s a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn’t send it.
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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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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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Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.
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