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It's not the load that breaks ...

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

It is not the load that breaks...

It is not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

You have to be taught to be se...

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

You have to be taught to be se...

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Always be smarter than the peo...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no ...

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I don't have to be an imitatio...

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

It's so nice to get flowers wh...

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Every color I can think of and...

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I was lucky, as many of my gen...

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

After I got over the terrible ...

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Don't be afraid to feel as ang...

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

music became my refuge and the...

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

It's not the load that breaks ...

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I was unique in that I was a k...

I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

I want to sing like Aretha Fra...

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

You have to be taught to be se...

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

My identity is very clear to m...

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Malcolm X raised my consciousn...

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

Malcolm X made me very strong ...

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.

Lena Horne 55 quotes

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