Woody Guthrie Quotes

There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.

Woody Guthrie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967

Topics

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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.

Tracy Morgan

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I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book.

Mary Pope Osborne

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All technology does is give us back to ourselves. So to be anti-technology in a sense is to be anti-human.

Joshua Cohen

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Great negotiations happen when people are relaxed, so a relaxing environment is important. A high-energy environment tenses people up. It closes them up. You're not as likely to get that concession.

Jon Taffer

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I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work.

Diane Lane

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The first job I had was a Pampers commercial. And I used to go with my father whenever he would do a performance. I remember clinging to his legs, saying, 'Please. Take me with you.'

Christian Slater

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A lesson learned, both in the SEAL teams and as an entrepreneur, is that failure is sometimes a critical component of success.

Brandon Webb

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Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

Anne Hathaway

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My dad left when I was a little boy and I grew up with my mother's family. There were foundations in the U.S. where Jewish people got together and sent money to Cuba, so we got some of that. We were a poor family, but I was always a happy kid.

William Levy

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The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.

Philip Warren Anderson

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The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

Richard Rohr

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