It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people
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Life's pretty tough . . . you're lucky if you live through it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life is challenging and survival is a matter of luck.
Woody Guthrie's quote highlights the inherent difficulties of life, suggesting that merely navigating through its struggles can be a daunting task. The acknowledgment that it's a stroke of luck to make it through underscores the unpredictability and harshness of existence, pushing us to recognize and appreciate the moments we do endure.
Themes
LifeStrugglesLuckSurvivalChallenges
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about resilience, you might say, 'As Woody Guthrie said, life's pretty tough; you're lucky if you live through it.'
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The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they have their music and we have ours.
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Nobody living can ever stop me. As I go walking my freedom highway. Nobody living can make me turn back. This land was made for you and me.
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It's round the world I've traveled; it's round the world I've roamed; but I've yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home
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I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that.
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