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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."

"Now I don't know half of the young people in the industry. It's too spread out, too diffuse."
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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."


"If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing."


"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."


"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."


"Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt."
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