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Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.
Joan Baez
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Joan Baez
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 9
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Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.
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During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. And there was the beauty of the songs.
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