Pearl Bailey Quotes
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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If we want to impact hundreds - or millions - of people, we have to do things differently. If we look at the problem as an infrastructural problem, we cannot make an impact because it requires a lot of effort. But when we convert this problem into a knowledge problem, suddenly the problem is manageable.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
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I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.
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I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
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I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
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I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.
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I can live without football. There are more important things in life.
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Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.
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There are a million studies that say the money you put into a kitchen and bath update you get back. That's one of those places you can't go wrong. It can be as simple as updating counters and a backsplash.
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Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities.
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For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.
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'Well,' said Dr Jochum, 'you are like all reformers. You like to reform the world because it is easier than trying to reform yourself.'
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A condition of youth, your own importance. The mark you'd make upon the world. But a man learns sooner or later. You take your little niche and make it your own. You ride out the time as best you can.
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Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years?
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When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.
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When I was playing football, I was getting up to 240 pounds, and they wanted me to get to 260.
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Well I wanna lay. I wanna lie down with my skinny blues.
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I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.
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You must change in order to survive.
