"I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in the news. You can call them topical songs, songs about the news, and then developing into more philosophical songs later."

-- Phil Ochs

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“Everything has a reason, even things that aren't pleasant.”

Source : "Interview with Actress Jacqui Holland on Beauty, Aging, and Embracing Pain". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.”
“When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.”
“She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes.”

Source : Anne Edwards (1988). “A Remarkable Woman: A Biography of Katharine Hepburn”, Pocket
“You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.”
“I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.”
“The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon and contemplating your own greatness is pathological. At such moments we are made for a magnificent joy that comes from outside ourselves.”
“In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nations largest corporations.”

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