Shirley Bassey
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"Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey", Order of the British Empire/DBE is a Welsh people/Welsh singer with a career spanning more than 60 years. Originally finding fame in the mid-1950s, Bassey has been called "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century." In the US, in particular, she is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (film)/Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (film)/Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (film)/Moonraker (1979).

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I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.

I'd like to run away from you, but if you didn't come and find me, I would die...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

You don't get older, you get better.

I love him because he is Welsh and stylish...and because he gave me these shoes.

No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.