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Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Any Bring Day Good Good News May News Phone Ring Today

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We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Gifted Inheritance Our

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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

Topics: Beat Dew Down Earth Flowers Goes Nothing Odor Out Smell Sun

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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

Topics: Brought Business Comforts Enough Live Long Me Mom Money Never Never Quit Only Quit Regret Share She Show Show Business Some Work

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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.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Come Dominate Emotions Other Pay People Privilege Time Will You

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I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Been Hurt Plenty Reason Shy

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

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Always Blues Emotional Had Outlet People Singing

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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

Topics: About Childhood Drinking Greatest Influence Lust Me Mom Save She Vice Wanted

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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.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Aches Been Big Both Joy Look Mine Over Shoulder Yesterdays

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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

Topics: Basically Between Blacks Decided Difference More No Difference People Southerners Think Whites

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 31st, 1896

Died: September 1st, 1977

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