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More education and better job prospects, it also meant living at Grace House another two years. At the time I couldn't face — Katherine Reay

Got to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight — Bruce Cockburn

I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.' — Bruce Cockburn

Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline. — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate. — Bruce Cockburn

All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am. — Bruce Cockburn

And I'm wondering where the lions are. — Bruce Cockburn

In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws. — Bruce Cockburn

Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy. — Bruce Cockburn

If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate. — Bruce Cockburn

I think that there's a difference between getting your heart broken and getting let down. — Taylor Swift

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie. — Julia Gillard

I don't know about black or white magic I just know one type and that is your magic. — M.F. Moonzajer

Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else. — Bruce Cockburn

The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. — Bruce Cockburn

'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience. — Bruce Cockburn

Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world. — Bruce Cockburn

His laugh cartwheels across the room. — Jandy Nelson

The trouble with normal is it only gets worse. — Bruce Cockburn

Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same. — Bruce Cockburn

I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light. — Bruce Cockburn

Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes. — Bruce Cockburn

When you know even for a moment
That it's your time
Then you can walk with the power
Of a thousand generations — Bruce Cockburn

All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing. — Bruce Cockburn

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one. — Bruce Cockburn

Reason can tell how love affects us, but cannot tell what love is. — Henry Ward Beecher

The invitation for artists to compete to see who can be the most charitable is a wonderful thing. — Bruce Cockburn

One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all. — Bruce Cockburn

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem. — Philippa Perry

Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see. — Bruce Cockburn

The trouble with normal is it always gets worse. — Bruce Cockburn

But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight. — Bruce Cockburn

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd. — Bruce Cockburn

There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one. — Bruce Cockburn

'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s. — Bruce Cockburn

I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been. — Bruce Cockburn