Pearl Bailey quotes
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“No one can figure out your worth but you.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
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“What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.”
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“People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.”
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“You must change in order to survive.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1976). “Hurry up, America, & spit”, Harcourt
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“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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“Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
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“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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“There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
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“The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.131
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“When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.”
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“You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.”
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“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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“The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.”
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“I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.”
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“To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.”
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“You never find yourself until you face the truth.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
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“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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“A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.”
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“Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.”
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“We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1976). “Hurry up, America, & spit”, Harcourt
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“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.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1976). “Hurry up, America, & spit”, Harcourt
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“Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.”
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“Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.”
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“How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?”
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“Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
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“I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.”
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“Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.”
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“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.”
-- Pearl BaileySource : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
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“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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“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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“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.”
-- Pearl Bailey
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