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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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"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."

"Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!"

"Employment should not be your permanent assignment."

"Employment will fail you someday."

"What to wear: An employee chooses. How to dress: His employer chose."
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"The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count."


"When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs."


"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."


"To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain."


"To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner."


"To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'."


"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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