. . . It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What … - Josephine Baker

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No one knows better than I do how far heaven is, but I also know all the shortcuts. The secret is to die, when you want to, and not when He proposes. Or else to force Him to take you before your time.

Josephine Baker

. . . It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty, the freedom to go where one chose if one was held back by one's color? No, I preferred the Eiffel Tower, which made no promises. " ~ Josephine Baker, once she had seen the Eiffel Tower

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When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place.

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The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling. . . How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do?

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He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something.

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We've got to show that blacks and whites are treated equally in the army. Otherwise, what's the point of waging war on Hitler?

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I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love and respect humanity.

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