I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

Quote by Dusty Springfield

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I'd love to retouch my whole life.

I'd love to retouch my whole life.

I just decided I wanted to become someone else... So I became someone else.

I just decided I wanted to become someone else... So I became someone else.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad.

I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad.

I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been...

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been...

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that...

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that...

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.

My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.

Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness.

Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness.

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

I burp like everyone else and I'm promiscuous.

I burp like everyone else and I'm promiscuous.

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.

I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it.

I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it.

A woman knows she's wearing the right dress, when her man wants to take it...

A woman knows she's wearing the right dress, when her man wants to take it...

I believe in the single standard for men and women.

I believe in the single standard for men and women.

There's only one woman I know of who could never be a symphony conductor, and...

There's only one woman I know of who could never be a symphony conductor, and...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even,...

The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even,...