Ethel Waters Quotes
We show girls were forced to live in whorehouses in each town, no other accommodations being available.
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.
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I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
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My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
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Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.
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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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Albanians, we tan well! I don't burn; I bake.
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No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.
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Climate change is the central environmental ill of our time. We have an obligation to protect our children from the dangers of this widening scourge, and we aren't yet doing enough about it.
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I adore burgers. I know they are bad for me, and only technically a sandwich, but a well made burger, juicy and hot off the grill, is wonderful!
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My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
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People always want cars. It's a huge industry, and there's always new product coming out.
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There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
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Singing was never my thing.
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The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes. It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.
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I've never met a girl who thinks like you." "A lot of people tell me that," she said, digging at a cuticle. "But it's the only way I know how to think. Seriously. I'm just telling you what I believe. It's never crossed my mind that my way of thinking is different from other people's. I'm not trying to be different. But when I speak out honestly, everybody thinks I'm kidding or playacting. When that happens, I feel like everything is such a pain!
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We show girls were forced to live in whorehouses in each town, no other accommodations being available.
