Shirley Bassey Quotes

I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.

Shirley Bassey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 8, 1937

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As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.

Jimmy Scott

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Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed.

John Ortberg

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It's the people who don't recognize the racism within themselves that can be the most damaging because they don't see it.

Sterling K. Brown

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As someone who comes from a family of lifers (along with my wife), I just want to say, flat out... Marriage is a really good deal.

Steven Crowder

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With make-up, I much prefer my natural face. I'm confident with myself like that, but when I wear make-up, I like to look like myself. I love dewy skin, a matte lip, and a bad highlight!

Jorja Smith

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For years, I have worked diligently to develop and implement a 21st century manufacturing strategy that will create jobs in the new clean energy economy.

Debbie Stabenow

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In cyberspace, 95 per cent of what you read is hearsay.

David Tang

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I sort of fell into acting.

Colin Donnell

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Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.

Brian May

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I try to get massages on Saturday. That's my only day off.

Brooke Elliott

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I've always thought of music as profound spirituality because you can use that music and that spirituality for personal gain or for the good of the world, the good of humanity, and for the good of your people.

Arturo O'Farrill

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Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don't forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It's like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain't right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach.

Prince

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