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I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.'
— Josephine Baker
Tags: remember, thinking, people, me

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You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.
— Josephine Baker
Tags: school, yourself, you, education
I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
— Josephine Baker
Tags: too, little, america, devil
I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.
— Josephine Baker
Tags: really, any, simply, clothes
All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.
— Josephine Baker
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I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.
— Josephine Baker
Tags: terror, away, because, discrimination
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