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Believe Quote by Holly Near

“I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.” quote by Holly Near — Download Open image

“I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.”

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When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained.

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All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear…

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My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

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You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

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My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies.

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Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.

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A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

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In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity…

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Peace can start with just one heart.

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Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas…

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I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get…

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Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

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