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You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.
Joan Baez
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Joan Baez
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 9
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The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.
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There is chaos. There's bloodshed. There's carnage.
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I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.
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All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?
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If you don't have music, you have silence. There is power in both.
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I've been obsessed with stopping people from blowing each other's brains out since I was ten.
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Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.
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There's a consensus out that it's OK to kill when your government decides who to kill. If you kill inside the country you get in trouble. If you kill outside the country, right time, right season, latest enemy, you get a medal.
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You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
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