Ethel Waters Quotes
New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.
Quotes to Explore
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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
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I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.
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Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light. What else did Malebranche mean when he spoke of "seeing all things in God"? Existence is a mystery because the light of it is inexhaustible.
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I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.
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The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.
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Exercise helps me with stress. It changes your brain chemistry. I turn to Ashtanga yoga when I feel the need to relax. I love it, but it's not right for everybody. It's taught to you a little bit at a time, according to your body type and your strength. That keeps things challenging.
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If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
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It's through my health that I'm able to maintain that every single day and keep light in people until I'm actually of service to others.
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Hey, I wasn’t a weirdo. I was in the audio-visual club.
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At the top of this list has to be "get in that ass". It's the ultimate Leonism to get you through life.
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I believe that the time has come for women to take more active roles in all domains of human society, in an age in which education and the capacities of the mind, not physical strength, define leadership. This could help create a more equitable and compassionate society.
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I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.
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When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I'm not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It's really more about how I feel and about being healthy.
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The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. I know people who read without hearing the sentence sounds and they were the fastest readers. Eye readers we call them. They get the meaning by glances. But they are bad readers because they miss the best part of what a good writer puts into his work.
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It's OK to be down in the dumps - just don't stay there too long.
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I was keen on the idea of being famous. From as long as I can remember, I danced around the kitchen. I would dance around and sing and pretend that one day, somebody would break down from the big places and maybe wander over to our house to see if they could borrow our phone. They'd look in the window and see me prancing around and say, 'We found a star!' Beyond that, which is totally a kid dreaming, I was never under any belief that what we were doing was leading toward something. There was never any sort of formula.
