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" I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody. "
Cilla Black
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" I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro. "
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" When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is. "
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" But reality television is here to stay. "
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" Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no. "
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" I've got lots of great friends in show business, and that's all they are. Great friends. I'll never marry again - what's the point? I had the best. I've got friends all over the world, and that's enough for me. "
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" Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class. "
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" The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice. "
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" I love cookery programmes. "
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" Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move. "
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" I always wanted to be a star. "
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" There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days. "
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" I always believed I would be a star. "
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" I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.' "
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" Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging '60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We'd be doing 'Ready Steady Go!' on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We'd be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they'd still be sewing. "
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" I don't want to live beyond the age of 75. That would be a good point to bow out. I don't want to go on for ever. "
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" There's nothing going into my mouth that's not wrapped. "
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" 'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn't understand why it wasn't on British T.V. "
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" You see on 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'X Factor,' they all wear ear plugs. But I could not hear myself when I wore them. So that is where the strong voice came from. "
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" It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing. "
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" When I was put up in posh hotels, I thought it was wonderful. "
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" You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life. "
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" I did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it. "
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" I loved everything about show business, meeting the stars, the whole ambience. I was living every young kid's dream. I was told a pop singer's life was three years, but I was still making money seven years later. "
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" I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know. "
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" I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow. "
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