Holly Near Quotes

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• When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

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  Mistake, Blessed, Opportunity

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• Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

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  Thinking, Umpires, Giving

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• If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Mistake

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• Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

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  Death, Fear, Killing Someone

  "Foolish Notion" (song) (1981)

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• In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement! The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there any reason to believe we are done?

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  Women, Believe, Gay

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• Something happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching and I might not let them know. But something happens to me that will last me for a lifetime. To fill me when I'm empty, and rock me when I'm low.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Rocks

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• Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

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  Hurt, Artist, Willing

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• My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.

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  Song, Voice, Feet

  Holly Near, Derk Richardson (1990). “Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography”, William Morrow & Company

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• The greatest warriors are the ones who fight for peace.

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  Peace, Fighting, Warrior

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• We are a gentle angry people
  We are a land of many colors
  We are gay and straight together
  We are a peaceful loving people
  And we are singing, singing for our lives.

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  Gay, Color, Land

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• Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

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  Mistake, Storytelling, Force

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• To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

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  Pain, Real, Blessing

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• The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.

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  Attitude, Movement, World

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• My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.

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  Thinking, Parent, Ifs

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• Peace can start with just one heart.

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  Heart, Just One

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• It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how.

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  Important, Musician, Lines

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• Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

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  Art, Self, Magic

  Holly Near, Derk Richardson (1990). “Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography”, William Morrow & Company

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• When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

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  Song, Concerts, Audience

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• I am not here for me
  I am not here to promote my ego
  I am here to serve the Great Spirit
  To be a voice for those afraid to speak
  To be movement for those who are stuck
  I am here to reveal a mystery
  To learn something new about myself

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  Voice, Ego, Movement

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• People love to hear the mistakes you've made.

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  Mistake, Mistakes You've Made, People

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• You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

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  People, Hogwash, Sentimental

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• The war on drugs is a war against the communities.

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  War, Community, Drug

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• Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.

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  Sweet, Children, Sleep

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• Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

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  Song, Thinking, Expression

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• To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.

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  People, Dinner, Surprise

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