Through the last days of the century And I knew that I was going to learn again Again, in this less hazy light I saw the fields beyond the fields The fields beyond the field
DAR WILLIAMSEvery once in a while I’ll say something…I dropped the F-bomb early on in my career. There was this lesbian couple and they looked super-hip.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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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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When we learn about ourselves, we can evolve.
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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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Every once in a while I’ll say something…I dropped the F-bomb early on in my career. There was this lesbian couple and they looked super-hip.
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There’s always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn’t play.
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What happened on “As Cool As I Am” was, you know how in the ’90s, “the personal is political, the political is personal”? That was a really big thing.
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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.
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They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won’t do a better job of it.
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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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For my 50th birthday I just want to make it all make sense [being exactly half introvert], and then a couple of weeks later do the blow-out with all my friends.
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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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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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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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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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There’s tons of anger and angst and peculiarity and eccentricity, and good towns know that that’s okay. But towns that are kind of bullshit don’t know what to do with all those feelings.
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