"When I was a child and they burned……" — Josephine Baker
"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. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place."
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The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.
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I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.
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I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But…
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I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other…
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I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
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I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because…
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I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.
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You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.
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Art is an elastic sort of love.
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I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so…
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Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing,…
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The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.
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