Ethel Waters quotes - page 2

Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out. View quote
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When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege. View quote
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I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow. View quote
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I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. View quote
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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. View quote
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We show girls were forced to live in whorehouses in each town, no other accommodations being available. View quote
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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)
No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer. View quote
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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. View quote
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I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own. View quote
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I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family. View quote
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I never was a child. View quote
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