Lena Horne

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Always be smarter than the people who hire you.


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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.


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


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


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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.


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


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


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As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.


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I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.


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I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished.


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Did you know about Lena Horne?

Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963 and continued to work as a performer both in nightclubs and on television while releasing well-received record albums.