"I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that. I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. All I had was my originality."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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“Since I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music with little or no intervention on my part. That is to say, I tend towards the roles of planner and programmer, and then become an audience to the results”
“Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.”

Source : "Confronting the Inequality Juggernaut: A Q&A With Jonathan Kozol". Interview with Anthony Cody, blogs.edweek.org. July 18, 2011.
“I can't wait to ride my electric scooter, walk my dog, watch TV, be bored â€¦ and I'm gonna put [my Oscar] in my hand and kiss it every night before I go to sleep.”
“The person who is "in-love" has the ilusion that his beloved is perfect.”
“If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once.”
“I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.”
“I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”

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