Quotes
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Natalie Merchant

"There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability to dissent without fear. It is our right to utter the words, I disagree. We must feel at liberty to speak those words to our neighbors, our clergy, our educators, our news media, our lawmakers and, above all, to the one among us we elect President."

Source : "What is Patriotism?". www.thenation.com. July 15, 1991.

Natalie Merchant

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“I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.”
“I know now that having regular checkups and mammograms are key to a healthy lifestyle.”
“But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined”
“I used to flirt with fundamentalism, and I had this idea that creation was something that happened. Now I see creation as something that is happening. Hundreds of millions of stars are still being born every day. Creation is an ongoing process. The Artist has not yet cleaned out the brushes. The paint is still wet. Human beings are the small clumps of clay and breath, and we have been handed brushes of our own, like young artist apprentices. The brushes aren't ours, nor the paint or canvas, but here they are in our hands, on loan. What shall we make?”
“The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.”
“Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?”
“With the case of running, it really is a case of get out, set yourself a distance, run it, and then do it again the next day. It's tremendously simple.”
“Deep Listening is listening to everything all the time, and reminding yourself when you're not. But going below the surface too, it's an active process. It's not passive. I mean hearing is passive in that soundwaves hinge upon the eardrum. You can do both. You can focus and be receptive to your surroundings. If you're tuned out, then you're not in contact with your surroundings. You have to process what you hear. Hearing and listening are not the same thing.”

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