Holly Near quotes

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. (Holly Near)
Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?
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We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under.
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White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.
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You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.
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Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.
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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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To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.
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When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.
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People love to hear the mistakes you've made.
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You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it. (Holly Near)
The war on drugs is a war against the communities.
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Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.
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To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.
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Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.
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A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
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It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.
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Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself.
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My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.
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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 day of our struggle to keep it.
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I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture. (Holly Near)
The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.
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My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.
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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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To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.
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