Tom Paxton Quotes

• Some people you don't have to satirize, you just quote 'em.

  Tom Paxton

  People, Ems

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• A suffering world cries for mercy, as far as the eye can see. Lawyers around every bend in the road, lawyers in every tree.

  Tom Paxton

  Eye, Reality, Tree

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• Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned from Pete Seeger to have something for them to sing.

  Tom Paxton

  Eye, Looks, Ems

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• Our leaders are the finest men, that's whey we elect them again and again.

  Tom Paxton

  Men, Leader, Politics

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• Chris Chandler reminds me of my own self way back when -
  listen to him Now!

  Tom Paxton

  Self, Back When, Way

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• Don't slay that potato, let us be merciful please.

  Tom Paxton

  Peace, Special, Potatoes

  Song: Don't Slay That Potato, Album: One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters, 1985

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• As a school boy I played with a plastic grenade, it was grey and with caps, it was loaded. In the dirt we would cry and dramatically die, as it flew through the air and exploded.

  Tom Paxton

  School, Boys, Air

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• In its power, clarity and shear beauty, Mack Bailey's voice reminds me of no one more than my friend, the late John Denver. I love to hear this man sing.

  Tom Paxton

  Men, Voice, Denver

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• In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realized. Keep on, Tom!

  Tom Paxton

  Song, School, Speak English

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