"My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet."

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Source : "Crooked Fingers". Interview with Alison Fields, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

#Song Quotes #Singing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society.”
“Faith makes the uplook good, the outlook bright, the inlook favorable, and the future glorious.”
“Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper...”
“People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be honest: It's one of my least favorite questions, because if you're waiting for someone else's advice to become an entrepreneur, chances are you're not one.”
“A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.”
“Jerome Charyn is one of the most important writers in American literature and one of only three now writing whose work makes me truly happy to be a reader.”
“Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.”
“Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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