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title: "2 Life Brain Quotes By Utah Phillips"
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> [“Frying-Pan Jack and I were in that camp, that's where he said to me, he'd been tramping since 1927, 'I told myself in '27, if I cannot dictate the conditions of my labor, I will henceforth cease to work.' You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/frying-pan-jack-and-i-were-in-that-camp-that-s-where-he-said-to-me-he/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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> [But if it’s true that the only true life I had was the life of my brain, what sense does it make to hand that brain to somebody for eight hours a day for their particular use on the presumption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/but-if-it-s-true-that-the-only-true-life-i-had-was-the-life-of-my/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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## More by Utah Phillips

> [Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/laurie-lewis-songs-combine-passion-and-sheer-craft-in-a-way-you-don-t/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [It is better to be likable than to be talented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/it-is-better-to-be-likable-than-to-be-talented/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [The most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/the-most-un-american-thing-you-can-do-is-to-stifle-dissent/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [“Yes, the long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/yes-the-long-memory-is-the-most-radical-idea-in-this-country-it-is/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/every-good-educator-knows-that-true-teaching-is-to-teach-kids-how-to/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/i-tramped-when-i-was-on-the-freight-trains-i-wasn-t-looking-for-work/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/you-are-about-to-be-told-one-more-time-that-you-are-america-s-most/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [Chris Chandler is the best performance poet I have ever seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/chris-chandler-is-the-best-performance-poet-i-have-ever-seen/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [When I was in Utah there, first learning the kind of music I love, my favorite singer was T. Texas Tyler. So my friend,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/when-i-was-in-utah-there-first-learning-the-kind-of-music-i-love-my/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [Folk music isn't owned by anybody. It is owned by everybody, like the national parks, the postal system, and the school system. It's our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/folk-music-isn-t-owned-by-anybody-it-is-owned-by-everybody-like-the/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [“These kids don't have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don't have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/these-kids-don-t-have-a-little-brother-working-in-the-coal-mine-they/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [ I said, "OK, Ammon \[Hennacy\], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an arsenal of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/i-said-ok-ammon-hennacy-i-will-try-that-he-said-you-came-into-the/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [Time is an enormous, long river, and I’m standing in it, just as you’re standing in it. My elders are the tributaries, and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/time-is-an-enormous-long-river-and-i-m-standing-in-it-just-as-you-re/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [“Frying-Pan Jack and I were in that camp, that's where he said to me, he'd been tramping since 1927, 'I told myself in '27,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/frying-pan-jack-and-i-were-in-that-camp-that-s-where-he-said-to-me-he/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

> [“Q: What can people do to defend their civil liberties? Phillips: I'm a pacifist, but the most American thing you can do is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/q-what-can-people-do-to-defend-their-civil-liberties-phillips-i-m-a/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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