"In my life, the stories I have heard……" — Holly Near
"In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education."
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39 Quotes by Holly Near
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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…
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In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The…
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I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best…
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All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and…
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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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When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.
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I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I…
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You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.
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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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A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
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I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first…
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Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.
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