"I've never really been into flags of any kind, cause flags can bring people together, but they always bring people together against other people, and I don't really consider myself to be a patriot in the sense that I say, 'okay, this is my nation,' I consider myself to be a child of this whole planet."

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Source : "Spearhead" live at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, www.youtube.com. April 19, 2007.

Michael Franti

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Together Quotes

“Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you said, I think, that I had nothing else to do. Now, really, let me ask, sir, have you? â€” do you believe you have anything to do? or to speak in plain terms, do you really think that what you do deserves being called anything?”
“I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.”
“In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.”
“You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy!”
“I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own.”
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
“I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.”
“The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls.”

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