Shirley Bassey Quotes

• I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

  Shirley Bassey

  Strong, Independent, Successful

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• Diamonds never leave you... men do!

  Shirley Bassey

  Men, Diamond

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• You don't get older, you get better.

  Shirley Bassey

  Birthday, Get Better

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• I'd like to run away
  From you,
  But if you didn't come
  And find me ...
  I would die.

  Shirley Bassey

  Love, Running, Girlfriend

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• You should never say "never."

  Shirley Bassey

  Never Say Never

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!

  Shirley Bassey

  Life And Death, Tears, World

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• When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.

  Shirley Bassey

  Singing, Shut Up

  "Bassey is back". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2009.

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• I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.

  Shirley Bassey

  Kids, Feet, Safety

  "Bassey is back". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2009.

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• It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

  Shirley Bassey

  Successful, Men, Resent You

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• I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift.

  Shirley Bassey

  Real, Watches, Tvs

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• I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

  Shirley Bassey

  Age, Retiring, Shows

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• No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.

  Shirley Bassey

  Wedding, Years, Bells

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• I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.

  Shirley Bassey

  Birthday, Get Better, Getting Old

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• I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

  Shirley Bassey

  Jealous, Men, Hands

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• You want success and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.

  Shirley Bassey

  Attention, Want

  "Bassey is back". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2009.

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• In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations of riches.

  Shirley Bassey

  Heart, Judging, Temptation

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• I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating.

  Shirley Bassey

  Hate, People, Eating

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• I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva.

  Shirley Bassey

  Energy, Busy, Too Busy

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• I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

  Shirley Bassey

  Wings, Stage, Standing

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• I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

  Shirley Bassey

  Nurse, Shows, Wanted

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