Pearl Bailey Quotes

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What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

Pearl Bailey
People see God every day; they just don't recognize him.

Pearl Bailey
There are two kinds of talent, man-make talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

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Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.

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Children, you must remember something. 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. Having been alive, it won't be hard in the end to lie down and rest.

Pearl Bailey
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

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The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into the preparation - he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation, spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment.

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How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

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We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

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Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes.

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Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.

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There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves, and it becomes either good or sour inside.

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I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.

Pearl Bailey