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William Christopher Handy has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be…
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If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream…
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You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.
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A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out…
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The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.
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Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills,…
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My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.
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The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted…
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You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest…
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Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale,…
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With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
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I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.
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I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself.…
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You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my…
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You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain’t my President – had that woman singing for him at his…
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Little pitchers have big ears.
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My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.
— William Christopher Handy
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Princes have big ears which hear far and near.
— Elizabeth I
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The biggest problem I had - and the biggest problem teenagers have - is not how they dress, how they look or…
— Clay Aiken
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Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.
— David Walker
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It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears.
— Mo Rocca
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I like my hair long because I have really big ears.
— Josh Groban
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Little rabbits have big ears.
— Virginia C. Andrews
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The girl hurried away, but then Pippi shouted, "Did he have big ears that reached way down to his shoulders?" "No," said…
— Astrid Lindgren
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