Eleanora Fagan (Billie Holiday) Quotes
In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
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Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.
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I don't have problems with nobody, period.
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The money has always been wasted on me. I don't care for beautiful things, funnily enough. I am my father's daughter. The things that excite me are the smell of a wood-burning stove, uncultivated fields. My house is decaying and falling to pieces. It's not had the love it deserves over twenty years.
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Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life.
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As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
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In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
