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I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.

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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?

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My face and rump were famous! I could honestly say that I'd been blessed with an intelligent derrière. Most people's were only good to sit on!

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I had to succeed. I would never stop trying, never. A violinist had his violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

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

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Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker
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Born: June 3, 1906
Died: April 12, 1975 (aged 68)
Bio: Josephine Baker was a French dancer, jazz and pop music singer, and actress, who came to be known in various circles as the "Black Pearl", "Bronze Venus" "Jazz Queen", and even the "Creole Goddess". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she renounced her U.S.
Known for:
  1. Zouzou (1934)
  2. Princesse Tam-Tam (1935)
  3. Siren of the Tropics (1927)
  4. La revue des revues (1927)
  5. La folie du jour (1929)

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