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And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends

Dar Williams

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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Writer
Mount Kisco
New York
Dorothy Snowden Williams
Dorothy Snowden Dar Williams
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In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.
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I went from having three little jobs that I strung together to being on the road full-time having some savings that my managers told me to spend. You fly all over the country opening for these other people. You pay a publicist to get some press while you're establishing yourself and you will be solvent in this career forevermore.
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They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.
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When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve.
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Why wouldn't you want to be the envy of your neighbors by being so good and so generous and so smart in how you use the power that you obviously have? That's my patriotism.
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We have evolved to understand that language of power that's taken too much.
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The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert.
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The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman Empire, the British Empire, and the Nazi empire all have things in common.
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Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
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