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The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’.

— Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin (1964)

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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Interview published with the Biograph album set (1985)

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around — the music and the ideas.

Morality has nothing in common with politics.

Chronicles: Vol. One (2004)

Democracy don’t rule the world,/You’d better get that in your head,/This world is ruled by violence,/But I guess that’s better left unsaid.

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

No Direction Home (2005)

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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
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