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Famous quotes containing the words cent and/or white:

    “Show business is really 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent being able to handle it when it gets offered to you.”
    —Tommy Steele (b. 1936)

    “It seemed a long way from 143rd Street. Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Dancing with the Duke of Devonshire was a long way from not being allowed to bowl in Jefferson City, Missouri, because the white customers complained about it.”
    —Althea Gibson (b. 1927)