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Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.

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Pearl Bailey
Age: 72 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1990
Died: August 17
Actress
Dancer
Film Actor
Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Writer
Newport News
Virginia
Pearl Mae Bailey
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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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