Josephine Baker Quotes

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• The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.
• I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.
• I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into…
• I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.
• I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
• I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know…
• I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.
• You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.
• Art is an elastic sort of love.
• I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love and respect humanity.
• Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.
• The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.
• I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.
• Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.
• The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.
• One day I realized I was living in a country where I was afraid to be black. It was only a country for white people.…
• I think they must mix blood, otherwise the human race is bound to degenerate. Mixing blood is marvelous. It makes strong and intelligent men. It…
• I have two loves: my country and Paris.
• I have never really been a great artist. I have been a human being that has loved art, which is not the same thing. But…
• When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away.…

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