Josephine Baker Quotes

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 that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.'

Josephine Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleMeProudThinkingRemember

Playing for someone else's crowd is always difficult for any band.

Jerry Cantrell

SomeoneBandDifficultAlwaysCrowd

I have always worked long hours and very hard. It is the way I am. Same as always. Up about seven and get to bed about 12 to 1, something like that.

Jeremy Corbyn

I AmLongBedWayHardAlways

I was much more comfortable and a much better congressman running in a district that was 37 percent black, where I had to have a white constituency to get elected, than I would have been if I was in a 75 percent black district.

Andrew Young

BlackBetterWhiteComfortableMore

Because of social media, we have a lot of personal essays floating around; you see them on Facebook: everyone's either reading them or writing them. Some of them are great; some of them are diary entries put forth as essays.

Meghan Daum

GreatSocial MediaWritingReading

I've been interested in China ever since I was a kid. When I was a kid, I grew up in San Francisco about a mile from China Beach.

Russell Freedman

BeachKidUpChinaSan Francisco

I need to learn every day.

Judi Dench

DayLearnEvery DayNeedEvery

You don't just go to your bosses and say, 'This sucks. I'm supposed to be winning everything.' If you have an awesome idea or a story, or something great, you go, 'Hey, how about we do this,' but when the story is not you, you have to find a way to make it work.

Dolph Ziggler

WorkGreatWinningStoryYouFind

Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.

Desmond Dekker

BetterEnoughLongYouWillOut

There are two great fictional TV series about technology and the computer industry that each have now had three seasons. The one everyone knows about is 'Silicon Valley.' The lesser-known one is 'Halt and Catch Fire.'

Brad Feld

TechnologyGreatFireSeasonsThree

Acting is very similar to modeling.

Brigitte Nielsen

ModelingActingVerySimilar

My parents believed in the power of education.

Priscilla Chan

GreatAdmireMentorsPeersDealWho

Our team has a lot of talent. I hope that soon we will break out with four or five goals and avoid overtime.

Peter Bondra

GoalsHopeTalentTeamWillOut

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