Quote by Judy Collins
For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the so

For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into societys method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries. – Judy Collins

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I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way. – Judy Collins

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Politics
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I dont think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs dont come from the surface they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. – Judy Collins

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Poetry
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I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York. – Judy Collins

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teacher
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. – Mark Twain

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I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is. – David Miliband

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Society

Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body it includes the whole of society – as thought is passing back and forth between people in a process by which thought evolved from ancient times. – David Bohm

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Society

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I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity. – James Dickey

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What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. – Margot Asquith

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