Odetta quotes
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“The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.”
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“If your neighbor looks at you like they don't enjoy the key you're singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing.”
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“No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim.”
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“You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.”
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“The blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it.”
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“You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.”
-- OdettaSource : "Civil-rights Folk Legend Odetta Dies At 77" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. December 3, 2008.
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“Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.”
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“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.”
Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.29, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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“If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.”
Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.”
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“For something to hurt that bad, and feel so good, it's just inexplicable.”
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“I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.”
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