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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I love Evian face spray because it's a really easy way to just freshen up your face, especially if you're traveling on an airplane - I get really dry on airplanes.
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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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Devereux Forester's being ruined by his vanity is extremely good, but I wish you would not let him plunge into a 'vortex of dissipation.' I do not object to the thing, but I cannot bear the expression; it is such thorough novel slang, and so old that I daresay Adam met with it in the first novel he opened.
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My party trick is that I ask everybody questions. I'm just nosey.
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I don't know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
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Don't be a fool, there is no such thing as just a girl.
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In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.
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For keenest enjoyment, I visit when the dew is on them, or in cloudy weather, or when the rain is falling: and I must be alone or with someone who cares for them as I do.
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You must change in order to survive.
