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New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: American Been Big Big Time City Ever Miles New New York Only Other Philadelphia Time York

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Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Beings Exactly Exactly The Same Faults Human Human Beings Members Negroes Other Races Same Virtues

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My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Accompany Any Could Family Instruments Sing Them Whole Without

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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

Topics: Any Being Dollars Earned Find Five Hard Her Husband Life Live Mom More Never Place Six Than Us Week Whole Without

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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.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Able About Anything Been Brow Feel Living Making Never Sweat Your

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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.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Again Back Go Grown Hard How Kind Matter People Them Try Up Wanted You

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I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Affection Desperately Handing Me Out Prevents Something Tenderness Want

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I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Family Liked Never Understood

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I never was a child.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Child Never

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I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Always Belonged Felt Never Outsider

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 31st, 1896

Died: September 1st, 1977

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