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I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.
Pearl Bailey
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Pearl Bailey
Age: 72 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1990
Died: August 17
Actress
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Musician
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Newport News
Virginia
Pearl Mae Bailey
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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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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.
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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.
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People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.
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I discuss humanity and not races.
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You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.
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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.
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