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Pearl Bailey Quotes

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: March 29, 1918 - August 17, 1990

Topics

Crown Worth Us Wearing Hurts

I derive no pleasure from prosecuting a man, even though I know he's guilty; do you think I could sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I hounded an innocent man?

Morning Mirror Myself Man Sleep You

If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.

Feel Hands You Up Cut Off

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

Nature Government Care Will Act Our

My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition, that even-handed pairing, of pictures and words.

Words Transition Pictures Opposition

You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Win You Lose Wrong Nothing Some

I'm blessed to have these billions of dollars.

Blessed Dollars Billions

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.

Leadership Someone Achieve Want

If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people.

Good Power People You Want Try

I don't think people truly know what I have done or that I've actually had a regular job.

Job People Think Know Done Actually

Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.

Peace Security Way Military Without

I don't think I'm egotistical as much as I'm taking responsibility for what I'm putting out there.

Responsibility Think Out Egotistical

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.

Father Age School Me Back My Own

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