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Ethel Waters quotes

American Musician October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977

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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
In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an..."
All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people."
All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I..."
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
Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any..."
My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family."
I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family. Ethel Waters
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
Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out..."
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
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
Ethel Waters quote: "When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to..."
When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news."
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news. Ethel Waters
Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners. Ethel Waters

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