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Mahalia Jackson

"Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!"

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"Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!"

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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."

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"Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent."

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"Time is standing still. We are measuring ourselves by how far we are going."

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"Life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future."

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"Minutes remain the same length whether they are held against the span of years or minutes themselves. Yet, when minutes are held against themselves, they seem so terribly brief. Therefore, we'd be wise to celebrate life before minutes are all that's left."

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"Summer's lease hath all too short a date."

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"Life dances on the moment."

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"Forever, time is standing still. We are flying away with the wings of desire we call life."

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"Life is defined by time and seasons."

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"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."
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"The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient."
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"It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test."
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"Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?"
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"If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you."
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"God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands."
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"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."
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"The trouble with records is that they're too short."
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"Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me."
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