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Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of Third World peoples, control their… — Michael Parenti
Often I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that I don't know… — David Byrne
I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make sense against your… — Merle Haggard
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my… — Paul Anka
Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward...once I said, 'Yes, that's me, that's what I am,' I was able to work… — Barbara Gittings
The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would… — Diane Wood
I want to see that our older people still feel useful, and our younger people feel engaged in our wider society, and I want to… — Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger
If this world could only grasp the power of forgiveness. Being able to forgive someone breaks the cycle of bitterness and vengeance — James Augustus St. John
Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a… — Elizabeth Taylor
Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive. — Bethany Hamilton
Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior… — Confucius
Our idea is to create a situation in which those lands to which we have obligations or in which we have interests, if they are… — Richard M. Nixon
Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important. Where once it… — Christopher Hitchens
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. — George MacDonald
My only real fear was that I would not be able to surf again because I was concerned that I would not physically be able… — Bethany Hamilton
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist, writer,… — Andy Wilkinson
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see… — Richard Thompson
The healing power of music is vast. Music therapy is in its infancy in Western psychology. If we knew more, we'd be able to do… — Gary Talley
Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't be able… — Larry Eisenberg
I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew fairly well and… — Will Oldham

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