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Ethel Waters quotes

American Musician October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977

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Ethel Waters quote: "Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't..."
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
Ethel Waters quote: "It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big..."
It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays. Ethel Waters
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
Ethel Waters quote: "Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and..."
Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's..."
I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "We are all gifted. That is our inheritance."
We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer."
No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen."
There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "I never was a child."
I never was a child. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "I am an isolationist."
I am an isolationist. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters quote: "I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider."
I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider. Ethel Waters

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