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Josephine Baker quotes: The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.

The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.

Josephine Baker quotes: Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.

Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.

Josephine Baker quotes: All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

Josephine Baker quotes: Sex was a pleasurable form of exercise, like dancing.

Sex was a pleasurable form of exercise, like dancing.

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

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

Josephine Baker quotes: I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

Josephine Baker quotes: 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.

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.

Josephine Baker quotes: You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

Josephine Baker quotes: I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

Josephine Baker quotes: Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?

Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?

Josephine Baker quotes: What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.

What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.

Josephine Baker quotes: The old Catholic parties hounded me with a Christian hatred from station to station, city to city, one stage to another.

The old Catholic parties hounded me with a Christian hatred from station to station, city to city, one stage to another.

Josephine Baker quotes: Art is an elastic sort of love.

Art is an elastic sort of love.

Josephine Baker quotes: The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

Josephine Baker quotes: I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.

I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.

Josephine Baker quotes: I spent 30 minutes each morning rubbing my body with half a lemon to lighten my skin.

I spent 30 minutes each morning rubbing my body with half a lemon to lighten my skin.

Josephine Baker quotes: One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.

One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.

Josephine Baker quotes: 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?

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?

Josephine Baker quotes: I love performing. I shall perform until the day I die.

I love performing. I shall perform until the day I die.

Josephine Baker quotes: God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.

God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.

Josephine Baker quotes: I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.

I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.

Josephine Baker quotes: I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

Josephine Baker quotes: I believe in prayer. It's the best ...

I believe in prayer. It's the best ...

Josephine Baker quotes: I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

Josephine Baker quotes: Oh, you young people act like old men. You have no fun.

Oh, you young people act like old men. You have no fun.

Josephine Baker quotes: I have two loves: my country and Paris.

I have two loves: my country and Paris.

Josephine Baker quotes: I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

Josephine Baker quotes: Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.

Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.

Josephine Baker quotes: A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

Josephine Baker quotes: I shall dance all my life ... I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.

I shall dance all my life ... I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.

Josephine Baker quotes: To realise our dreams we must decide to wake up.

To realise our dreams we must decide to wake up.

Josephine Baker quotes: All men can live together, if they wish to.

All men can live together, if they wish to.

Josephine Baker quotes: Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest ... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest ... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

Josephine Baker quotes: The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.

The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.

Josephine Baker quotes: I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.