Ch. 11.
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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
— Billie Holiday
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation." in the context of "Ch. 11." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Billie Holiday" (Quotes, Lady Sings the Blues (1956): Holiday's autobiography; co-authored with William Dufty.Lady Sings the Blues the 50th Anniversary Edition.)
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About Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan Goughy, was an American jazz singer. Commonly known as Lady Day, her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
About Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan Goughy, was an American jazz singer. Commonly known as Lady Day, her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
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