"As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me."

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Source : "This Land Is Your Land" (song) (1956)

Woody Guthrie

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“I read THE WICKED + THE DIVINE last night, and no matter how high your expectations are for it, its better.”
“For me, personally, the most interesting music comes from the popular sector - from film and pop music - since contemporary classical music got stuck and went into directions where it lost a lot of the public by over-intellectualizing.”
“Drowsing, they take the noble attitude of a great sphinx, who, in a desert land, sleeps always, dreaming dreams that have no end.”
“History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.”
“Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.”
“If you get your spirit and heart right, everything else flows from there.”
“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
“The Afghan War has clearly reached a stage similar to that moment at your child's party where you realise you've forgotten to give the other parents a pick up time.”

Source : "The News Quiz". BBC Radio 4, January 23, 2009.

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