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I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way

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Judy Collins
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: May 1
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Pianist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Seattle
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Judith Marjorie Collins
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Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges
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... even the devil works for God.
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I had some wonderful dreaming meetings. I can't tell you specifically what they've been in the recent months. In the past they've been verbal kinds of messages that he needed to give me. Now they're more dreams of his presence.
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Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
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When you have a belief, then you make your views known.
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