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" The truth is an anti-war statement in itself. "

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" Rush Limbaugh makes money getting simpleminded people to feel good about their intellectually undernourished brain spasms. He's very good at it, and I scarcely believe a fraction of what he says. "

" When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it. "

" And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. "

" As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. "

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" There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way. "

" Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. "

" Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. "

" I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never suffered the way other cultures have suffered. I'm not saying we should go suffer. Not at all. I'm saying we should be more aware of how other cultures exist. "

" I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best. "

" To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money. "

" I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.' "

" Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward. "

" For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed. "

" My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man. "

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" To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events. "

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" Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations. "

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" We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost. "