Phil Ochs Quotes

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.

Phil Ochs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1940 - April 9, 1976

Topics

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The most obvious thing I do is I don't wear a burqa, and I'm definitely not oppressed. Plus, I'm quite obviously an independent thinker, which means as soon as I walk on stage, I dispel a lot of those stereotypes.

Maysoon Zayid

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It's nice being liked for playing the nice guy, but it's also fun to be the funny one.

Matt McGorry

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I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman.

Amy Grant

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One very interesting framework for a company to succeed over time - beyond just business logic and analytics - is, do they have a reason why the best graduates in engineering programs will flock to them versus competitors?

Steve Jurvetson

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I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.

Robert Whittaker

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In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind, it still flourishes in all the vigour of animism.

Joseph Jacobs

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People who put money in the church basket and people who go to church and pay the pastor: that isn't real philanthropy; that's just like you belong to a country club. You pay your dues to belong to that church, so you pay your tithing or whatever it is.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

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I've been studying the planets and learning the personalities of each planet.

Dr. Dre

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I like tourists. I think it's nice to live in a town that people come from all over to visit.

David Thewlis

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My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly as I got into it.

Chloe Grace Moretz

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People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job.

Bruce Sterling

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Before I was working out, if somebody told me that I would actually choose fruit over french fries, I would never believe them.

Susan Lucci

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