Pearl Bailey Quotes & Sayings

#1. a crown, if it hurts us is not worth wearing

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#2. You must change in order to survive..

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#3. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork

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#4. I discuss humanity and not races.

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#5. I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.

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#6. There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

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#7. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

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#8. Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.

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#9. I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

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#10. Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.

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#11. When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

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#12. I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?

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#13. Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

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#14. Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

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#15. You can taste a word.

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#16. We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

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#17. I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.

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#18. The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into the preparation - he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation, spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment.

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#19. My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where
the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry
meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.

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#20. To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

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#21. I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

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#22. The deed of love is stronger than words

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#23. No one can figure out your worth but you.

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#24. How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

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#25. I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.

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#26. There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.

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#27. The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.

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