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My people have a country of th...

My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world.

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

Friends, to me for years St. L...

Friends, to me for years St. Louis represented a city of fear... humiliation... misery and terror... A city where in the eyes of the white man a Negro should know his place and had better stay in it.

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

I wanted to get far away from ...

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.

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

God dislikes evil, and no happ...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

The hate directed against the ...

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?

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

I ran away from St. Louis, and...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

I spent 30 minutes each mornin...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

Each time I leaped I seemed to...

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

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The secret to the fountain of ...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

Beautiful? It's all a question...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

I did take the blows [of life]...

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 55 quotes

...It looked very different fr...

...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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

Art is an elastic sort of love...

Art is an elastic sort of love.

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

Is that what they call a vocat...

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 55 quotes

You are on the eve of a comple...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

We must change the system of e...

We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

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

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

He was my cream, and I was his...

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

Josephine Baker 55 quotes

A violinist had a violin, a pa...

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 55 quotes

We've got to show that blacks ...

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 55 quotes

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