Josephine Baker Quotes

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 a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

Josephine Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975

Topics

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For me, I wanted somebody that got me musically, that understood that I'm an artist and this is who I am. I'm not going to be like another artist on your label, probably - hopefully. I found all those things with the Broken Bow group.

Joe Nichols

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I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are in my blood, so eventually I see myself doing something in that area, surely!

Jiah Khan

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There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

John Calvin

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My face and body have been a tool for my career, and I'm very conscious of that aspect and try and keep it the best I can.

Jerry Hall

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When we approach games, we're always emotional-focused, so if a free-to-play business model works against the emotion, we won't use it. If it actually works well with the emotion, or if we can come up with a new way to do monetization that's different and that's unique for the game, I would go for that.

Jenova Chen

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'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.

Andrew Gross

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There are various grades of spiritual sight. One grade enables a man to see the ordinarily invisible ether with the myriads of beings that invest that realm. Other and higher variants give him the faculty to see the desire world and even the world of thought while remaining in the physical body.

Max Heindel

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People get really turned off by feminism.

Amy Schumer

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Never stand in the middle of two people having a fight, because you'll always come off worse.

Stephen Morris

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I don't care if you will get angry with me, but I am not open to a compromise. Contractualization must go. It is anti-people.

Rodrigo Duterte

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I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

Liz Carpenter

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The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all.

Johnny Thunders

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