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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

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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Mount Kisco
New York
Dorothy Snowden Williams
Dorothy Snowden Dar Williams
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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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Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.
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Every once in a while I check and I say, do I still believe in God? And the answer is absolutely yes. And then I think, I suppose I should go to church now. But after going to so many churches in my life and trying to go with the flow with so many denominations, Eastern and Western, I don't really feel I need to go to church at all.
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It's a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn't send it.
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But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.
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I've watched towns and cities evolve and become very resilient, and fun, and unique, and prosperous on their own terms. And the secret is bridging. It's when the local church has a fun clothing swap fundraiser with a temple, and then the next year they bring in the mosque.
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And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.
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