Ethel Waters Quotes

If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.

Ethel Waters

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  Edgard Varese
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• I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.

  

  RaeLynn
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• People believe what they want to believe.

  

  Tab Hunter
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• What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.

  

  Ted Sarandos
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• If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

  

  Gary Hart
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• I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.

  

  Cameron Dallas
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• I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been around for 5,000 years. Most stuff that doesn't work goes the way of the dodo pretty quick, like waterbeds and 8-tracks and things like that.

  

  Adam Carolla
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• I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Want
  • See
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• Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.

  

  Frances McDormand
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• Sometimes I will tweet an interview I have coming up and ask my followers what questions they have for the celebrity. I feel that way I can really know first hand what people want to hear answered.

  

  Nancy O'Dell
  • People
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• At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Family
  • Love
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• I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Want
  • Society
  • Lies

• I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Want
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• I was just, like, all I want to do is be really good at something. Really, really good at something, so people are vaguely impressed by me.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • People
  • Good
  • Want

• I wouldn't want to be a James Bond.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Want
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  • James Bond

• Everybody always talks about how they can't wait until they turn 18, so they can go out on their own and get their own apartment, and I'm like, 'I want to be with Mom!' I have it good.

  

  Carly Schroeder
  • Good
  • Want
  • Mom

• I used to say I didn't want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It's hard to do both. It's as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Want
  • Dance
  • Teach

• When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Time
  • Music
  • Writing

• I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep.

  

  Kat Graham
  • People
  • Good
  • Beginning

• Maybe I should mention it: I was not from the beginning mainly interested in papilloma virus; I was mainly interested in infectious agents in human cancer. So papilloma viruses came up as the most likely candidate from my viewpoint.

  

  Harald zur Hausen
  • Up
  • Beginning
  • Human

• The most constructive solutions are those which take into consideration the views of all persons involved and are acceptable to all. Such outcomes are the result of negotiation strategies where the needs of both sides are considered important and an attempt is made to meet all needs. These solutions are appropriately called Win-Win because there are no losers. While often difficult to arrive at, the process leading to such solutions builds interpersonal relationships, increases motivation and improves commitment. Win-Win solutions are the most desirable outcomes of conflict resolution.

  

  Gabor Peter
  • Conflict
  • Solution
  • Outcomes

• The challenges posed by threats like terrorism, proliferation, and cyber attacks are not going away any time soon, and for our intelligence community to be effective over the long haul, we must maintain the trust of the American people and people around the world.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.

  

  Ethel Waters
  • Want
  • Mean
  • Nasty