Quote by Mahalia Jackson
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Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. – Mahalia Jackson

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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. – Mahalia Jackson

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Its easy to be independent when youve got money. But to be independent when you havent got a thing — thats the Lords test. – Mahalia Jackson

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And if theres any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if theres any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara. – Phil Ochs

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I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality. – Mario Monti

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This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I dont get it. – Robert Mapplethorpe

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It is only by not paying ones bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. – Oscar Wilde

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The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it. – Jules Renard, “Diary,” February 1895

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People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which theyre very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then theyre kind of hard to tell apart – especially if the human is kind of hairy. – Demetri Martin

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