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"I am very grateful for all the opportunities life has given me."

"My mission in life is to be kind, compassionate, caring, sharing and loving in order to feel the deepest joy of life."

"The spirit of life, the spirit of peace."

"If have nothing but life, I have everything."
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"Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt."


"My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility."


"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum."


"I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it."


"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."


"We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under."


"The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count."


"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."


"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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