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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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"We might say that the state is like an addictive drug: the more of it we have, the more we 'need' it and the more we come to 'depend' on it."
"If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States."
"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."
"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
"The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election."
"By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world."
"I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio."
"When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states."
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"Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself."
"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 the sweet part without the bitter."
"Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way."
"To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner."
"My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility."
"Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point."
"When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs."
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