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“One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.”

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Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

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You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.

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Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by…

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I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than…

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God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.

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Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

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I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.

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In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law.

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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror…

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One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.

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The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.

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Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside…

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You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…

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Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that…

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When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it.

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If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract…

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

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Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands…

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Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing…

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I'm in a business where there's complete anarchy. You can't control it - you can only react to it. The control that people traditionally…

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You shouldn't listen to my music for political messages.

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Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to…

Paolo Bacigalupi

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All the messages our kids are getting is money-taking, not giving.

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I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it…

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In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are…

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