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Phil Ochs

"It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win."

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"It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win."

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

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"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

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"The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable."

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"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

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"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing."

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"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."

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"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."

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"We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces."

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"When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right."
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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 available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song."
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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 life."
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"And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara."
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"Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality."
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"God isn't dead - he's just missing in action."
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"The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad."
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"In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty."
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"Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend."
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"The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles."
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