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Quote by Pete Townshend
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Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true. – Pete Townshend

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When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment. – Pete Townshend

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I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called rock and roll. – Pete Townshend

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If we dont make earnest moves toward real solutions, then each day we move one day closer to revolution and anarchy in this country. This is the sad, and yet potentially joyous, state of America. – Louis Farrakhan

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I was raised in an atmosphere of everythings fine. But as I got older, I was like, Well no, everythings not fine. There is stuff thats sad. I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes. – Ellen DeGeneres

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