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Why do we kill people who are killing people
To show that killing people is wrong.

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Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away.

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Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

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There is passion in remembering
There is fire in the heart.

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Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.

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When I am willing, all sound is available to me...

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Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.

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It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.

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My voice is my instrument.... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.

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All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under. The world is a challenging lover, and I, helplessly in love.

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Holly Near

Holly Near

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Born: June 6, 1949 (age 75)

Bio: Holly Near is an American singer-songwriter, actor, teacher, and activist.

Known for:

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Dogfight (1991)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
The Todd Killings (1971)

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