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" I don't like the selfie because it's too close. There ain't no people with arms long enough to do a selfie of me. "
Cilla Black
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" Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me! "
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" I wouldn't mind being a talent show judge if it didn't run for too long. "
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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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" Its rock n' roll that has done my hearing in. "
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" I'm a 'never say never' girl. Frank Sinatra retired four times. He kept coming back. But there are people in our business who want to die on stage. Literally. I don't want to do that. "
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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 did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it. "
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" I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it. "
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" In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it. "
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" On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'. "
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" T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night's work, and then I could go home. I loved 'Surprise Surprise', but it was hard work. 'Blind Date' was a doddle by comparison. "
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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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World
Best
" I always believed I would be a star. "
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" If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television. "
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" I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop. "
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" Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.' "
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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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" Having a biopic made is very flattering. "
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" I love cookery programmes. "
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" When I was put up in posh hotels, I thought it was wonderful. "
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" It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes. "
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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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" I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody. "
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