Tao Te Ching
Joan Baez
1941 CE –
Famous but down-to-earth, proud but self-deprecating, a powerful speaker of truth to power; Joan Baez helped launch the civil rights and anti-war movements, social justice on multiple fronts including nonviolence, the environment, and human rights in general. A leader of the dynamic, counterculture social and political change of the sixties, she influenced the direction of American politics and world culture. For 60+ years, recording 30+ albums and songs in 8+ languages; her message of peace, compassion, and justice spread throughout the world both through her own direct example and through her relationship-with impact on people like Bob Dylan, David Harris, and Steve Jobs.
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Post War Generation (1928 – 1945 CE)Quotes by Joan Baez (7 quotes)
“You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.”
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“If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?”
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“Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.”
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“The longer you practice nonviolence…, the more likely you are to do something intelligent”
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“music has the power to transform people, and in doing so… to transform situations”
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“I have nothing much to do with the writing of them (songs that have been any good,). The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.”
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“You special, miraculous, unrepeatable, fragile, fearful, tender, lost, sparkling ruby emerald jewel, rainbow splendor person.”
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