What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
Americans, the eyes of the world are upon you. How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
I think they must mix blood, otherwise the human race is bound to degenerate. Mixing blood is marvelous. It makes strong and intelligent men.… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
One day I realized I was living in a country where I was afraid to be black. It was only a country for white… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
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