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I think we're coming to a place where we're saying all war is wrong. We might even learn something about the sensationalism we get caught up in with people like Donald Trump.
Dar Williams
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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
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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 light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.
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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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I have a sordid past.
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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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Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.
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I fear that to fall in love with you is to fall from a great and gruesome height.
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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 the ones that know you so well are the ones that can swallow you whole.
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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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