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Ethel Waters Quotes

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be with the kind of people I’d grown up with, but you can’t go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try Picture Quote #1

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn’t live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me Picture Quote #1

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me Picture Quote #1

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can Picture Quote #1

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After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn’t annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded Picture Quote #1

Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn’t want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again Picture Quote #1

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That’s why I can’t play any role that isn’t based on something in my life Picture Quote #1

I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever Picture Quote #1

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there’s something in me that prevents me from handing it out Picture Quote #1

We miss a lot in life because we don’t know when to quit, what to leave out Picture Quote #1

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It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays Picture Quote #1

Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races Picture Quote #1

Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down Picture Quote #1

Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me Picture Quote #1

The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I’d have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade Picture Quote #1

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing Picture Quote #1

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Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence Picture Quote #1

I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself Picture Quote #1

I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors Picture Quote #1

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You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you (Ethel Waters Quotes) I’ve never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow (Ethel Waters Quotes) I wanted to be with the kind of people I’d grown up with, but you can’t go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try (Ethel Waters Quotes) Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn’t live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me (Ethel Waters Quotes) Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me (Ethel Waters Quotes) We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can (Ethel Waters Quotes) After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn’t annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded (Ethel Waters Quotes) Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn’t want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again (Ethel Waters Quotes) I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That’s why I can’t play any role that isn’t based on something in my life (Ethel Waters Quotes) I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever (Ethel Waters Quotes) I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there’s something in me that prevents me from handing it out (Ethel Waters Quotes) We miss a lot in life because we don’t know when to quit, what to leave out (Ethel Waters Quotes) It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays (Ethel Waters Quotes) Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races (Ethel Waters Quotes) Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down (Ethel Waters Quotes) Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me (Ethel Waters Quotes) The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I’d have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade (Ethel Waters Quotes) There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing (Ethel Waters Quotes) Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence (Ethel Waters Quotes) I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself (Ethel Waters Quotes) I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors (Ethel Waters Quotes)

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