| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 5204 |
| QUOTATION: | OUR WORLD IS TOPPLING. AFFECTIONATELY YOURS. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Josephine Baker (19061975), French dancer and singer; born in America. Josephine, ch. 16 (1977).
In a telegram to her husband, Jo Bouillon, upon learning of the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, whom she admired. |
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