I learned that patience was not passivity—it was strategic p... - Josephine Baker

"I learned that patience was not passivity—it was strategic persistence."

Josephine Baker Patience

Jazz Dancer Singer French-American 1906–1975

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"I was born poor, and I'll probably die poor. But I refuse to die unhappy."

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"I want to be remembered as the person who wanted to be free so other people be also free."

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