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I have odometer readings, kids all sorts of measurements of what I've been doing for the last 20 years. I get it. I get that it was a while ago.

Dar Williams

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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
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What we need to do is pull the rug out so billionaires in our country wake up one morning and say, wow, 80 percent of the country has a solar panel, and we can't make our billions anymore because other people are making millions, but not billions, on alternative energy that doesn't require war. Suddenly, the war-making machinery is not necessary.
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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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There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.
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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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The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.
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If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.
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...we're all in a soup of trying to live by words, and trying to live by poetry. It's both humbling, and really flattering to know that my words are part of all that.
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Slavery doesn't have any positives.
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At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.
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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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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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And the ones that know you so well are the ones that can swallow you whole.
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And you bring your words, But you're just like them, You're unprepared 'Cause you don't know the terrain
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The light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.
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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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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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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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I would encourage people to bridge broadly and creatively in their communities, not just because that creates the most fun and resiliency, but also because it creates the most points of access for people to be part of the community, which is what democracy is at its best.
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When we learn about ourselves, we can evolve.
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I'm amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they're full of double standards.
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