"I've walked these streets, in a carnival of……" — Natalie Merchant
"I've walked these streets, in a carnival of sights to see. All the cheap thrill seekers, the vendors & the dealers, they crowded around me. Have I been blind? Have I been lost, inside myself and my own mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? I've walked these streets, in a spectacle of wealth & poverty. In the diamond market, the scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me."
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28 Quotes by Natalie Merchant
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I've raised my daughter with no television.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.
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I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I…
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I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I…
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Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.
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I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on…
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would…
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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.
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I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
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