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

Source: c. 1969; in Words to Make My Dream Children Live, by Deirdre Mullane, 1995.
-- Josephine Baker, (Jun 3 1906-1975), French jazz singer, dancer; She was Folies-Bergere's Dark Star, 1920s who introduced hot jazz to Paris; active in Resistance, WW II and outspoken about civil rights.

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