Fearless and Free: A Memoir
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Source: Fearless and Free: A Memoir
“I spent 30 minutes each morning rubbing my body with half a lemon to lighten my skin.”
“One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.”
“The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.”
“I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.”
“I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.”
“He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something.”
“Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.”
“I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.”
“You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.”
“The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.”
“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.”
“Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.”
“The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.”
“I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.”
“God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.”