To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well,… — Holly Near Female Copy Share Image
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think. — Holly Near Expression Copy Share Image
You can kill that man but not his song, When it's sung the whole world round... — Holly Near Men Copy Share Image
Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and… — Holly Near Care Copy Share Image
We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under. — Holly Near Digging Copy Share Image
If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like… — Holly Near Singing Copy Share Image
Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the… — Holly Near Damn Copy Share Image
The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count. — Holly Near Able Copy Share Image
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good… — Holly Near Activist Copy Share Image
I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture. — Holly Near Allowing Copy Share Image
My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think. — Holly Near Life Copy Share Image
In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the… — Holly Near Community Copy Share Image
Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress. — Holly Near Community Copy Share Image
I am not here for me I am not here to promote my ego I am here to serve the Great Spirit… — Holly Near Ego Copy Share Image
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of… — Holly Near Believe Copy Share Image
When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this. — Holly Near Blessed Copy Share Image
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. — Holly Near Failure Copy Share Image
To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to… — Holly Near Dinner Copy Share Image
Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic. — Holly Near Art Copy Share Image
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think. — Holly Near Excited Copy Share Image
I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can… — Holly Near Believe Copy Share Image