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" I love books and the latest autobiographies. I'm a Gemini and love being with people, but then again, I love my own company, which is when I read most. "
Cilla Black
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" I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was. "
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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 tried never to take anything for granted. "
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" 'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world. "
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" I never liked miming. "
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" I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down. "
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" I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world. "
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" But reality television is here to stay. "
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" The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like. "
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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 like being in charge of the remote control. "
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" I'm a Roman Catholic. Or was. I was brought up that way and used to say my prayers every night, but I don't pray to God any more. I might use the usual phrases I picked up from my parents, 'Oh, if God spares me next year...' or 'Please God...' but they're only phrases. "
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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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" 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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" I'm very quiet off stage. "
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" I never thought I'd be on T.V. For me as a kid in Liverpool, it was a more realistic option to be a singer. "
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" It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control. "
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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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" When I go out, it's to have a good time, not to find a man. "
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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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" I would have loved to have cracked America. When I tried, I got homesick. Then, when I was in New York, my nanna died, and I just wanted to come home. "
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" In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it. "
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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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" Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no. "
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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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