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"I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it."
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"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."
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"True love asks no question of the heart. It knows with surety."
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"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."
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"The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth."
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"Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head."
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"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."
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"Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact."
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"It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray."
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"The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart."
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"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."
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"I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist."
African
"The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear."
Fear
"I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money."
Business
"I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it."
Heart
"Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking."
People
"You've got to change with the public's taste."
Change
"Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping."
Music
"Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work."
Education
"For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death."
Death
"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."
American
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