"Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes."

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Josephine Baker

#Beauty Quotes #Beautiful Quotes #Luck Quotes

“I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.”
“My mother was very involved with me. And we had a dialogue constantly. And it was like an umbilical cord. As long as the words were flowing back and forth we were connected and feeding each other. And I probably grew up very afraid of losing that connection.”
“For some reason our lives were marked by summers. . . . Summer was the time when our lives joined completely, when we all had our birthdays, when really important things happened”
“Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.”
“I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I'm trying to be more nuanced and realistic. I think there has to be a serious examination of the shortcomings of the Euro structure. Euro central institutions, whether it be fiscal policy, monetary policy, financial regulation, are simply not as robust as they are in a currency that has a national government behind it.”
“Basically, as a leader, I try not to make any mistakes, because there's a lot of people watching even though you don't think so.”
“Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.”
“I would give a lot to actually be able to glamour China into not wanting ivory. I can't even tell you how much I would give to be able to stop the illicit trade of Africa's wildlife, and to just look into the president of China's eyes and say, "You don't want this anymore, your country doesn't want this anymore," and have it be done. That would be great.”

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