Pearl Bailey Quotes
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.
Quotes to Explore
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I have learned to be patient.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I don't study; I create.
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Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes to the audiences. I have women who come out and support my movies, and that is a huge demographic for me, which is great because some actors don't have a female base at all.
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Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
Mandy Bujold
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.
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Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
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Being a teenager is hard.
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Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water and the earth. This is what gives value to humans and elevates their spiritual qualities. If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory.
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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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I wrote for free for, like, fifteen years; I could redo my parlor in rejection slips. It would be surprisingly tasteful - they use nice paper.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.
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I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.
