"As I have said so often before, the long memory is the most radical idea in Americaâ€¦."

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Source : "The Long Memory". CD by Utah Phillips and Rosalie Sorrels, 1996.

Utah Phillips

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“I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy.”
“Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.”
“If you make time each month to give your money some attention, you'll start the next year in fabulous financial shape.”
“When five up express, as is polite, regret at laying a stymie, but rejoice in your heart.”
“I don't want to own her, but I can't let her have it both ways. There is one too many of us.”
“Most bodybuilders only have a hazy notion of what they want to look like. They do not say, 'I am going to be a winner.' The negative impulses around the gym can be incredible. I would hear bodybuilders complaining, 'Oh,no! Not another set!' That destroyed them. I have always believed that if you're training for nothing, you're wasting your effort!”
“The Constitution is more than literature, but as literature, it is primarily a work of the imagination. It imagined a country: fantastic. More fantastic still, it imagined a country full of people imagining themselves.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House
“I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I feel like you lean in to tell a joke. You don't back up. Comedy lives in that area. I've played amphitheaters, big clubs, and pool halls, and the most fun rooms hold anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people. That intimacy is where comedy really lives.”

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