
Source: Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Denver, Colorado, February 19, 1977
1970s
Source: Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
“The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given.”
Source: Give Me Liberty! (1998), Ch. 9 : Empowering the Self, p. 118
Context: The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.
2000s, Progressive magazine interview (2003)
Context: I am not a politician or a public servant. I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.
“Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.”
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Context: p>Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…</p
Improvement Era (February 1962) p. 86