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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.

Grace Jones

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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I think I'm doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should.
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There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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