I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
DAR WILLIAMSThe 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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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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Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.
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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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Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
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A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
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Choices you made about how you recorded and what instruments you used and how much real versus how much synthetic. Those were choices that were seen as very political at the time.
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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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The light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.
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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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I have a sordid past.
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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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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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We have evolved to understand that language of power that’s taken too much.
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You fly all over the country opening for these other people. You pay a publicist to get some press while you’re establishing yourself and you will be solvent in this career forevermore.
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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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