Both sides Quote by Joni Mitchell

“I've looked at life from both sides now...from win and lose, and still somehow it's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all.” quote by Joni Mitchell — Download Open image

“I've looked at life from both sides now...from win and lose, and still somehow it's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all.”

Joni Mitchell

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You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride.

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I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets…

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Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.

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I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.

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This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.

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