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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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.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

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

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

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

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.

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'd love to retouch my whole life.

I'd love to retouch my whole life.

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...

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...

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.

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.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

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.

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind...

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

The decision doesn't have to be logical, it was unanimous.

The decision doesn't have to be logical, it was unanimous.

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

A legal decision depends not on the teacher's age, but on the force of his...

A legal decision depends not on the teacher's age, but on the force of his...