Ethel Waters Quotes
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.
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Sometimes Hillary Clinton doesn't get the credit she deserves. But the fact is, Hillary is steady, and Hillary is true.
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The end of a thing, is never the end, something is always being born like a year of a baby.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.
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In peace-armies discipline meant the hunt, not of an average but of an absolute; the hundred per cent standard in which the ninety-nine were played down to the level of the weakest man on parade.... The deeper the discipline, the lower was the individual excellence; also the more sure the performance.
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I have miles to go before I sleep...
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I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.
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The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.
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Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king.
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Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin' hymns is a great thing to do.
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How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.
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There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
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Our unconscious, then, does not believe in its own death; it behaves as if it were immortal. It knows nothing that is negative; in it contradictories coincide. This may be the secret of heroism.
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People say, 'I failed out of college! My life is over!' Well, it's not over. It depends on what you do with it.
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When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.
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All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
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The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.
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I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.
