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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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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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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I enjoy doing scenes where I don't wear make-up and I can be raw. I like that. I feel like it's easier to act. When I have to have make-up on, I feel like I'm expected to look a certain way, and then it's harder to act because I'm more self-conscious.
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Intuitive guidance means having the self-esteem to recognize that the discomfort or confusion that a person feels is actually directing him to take charge of his life and make choices that will break him out of stagnation or misery. And, while we measure our own success in terms of our personal comfort and security, the universe measures our success by how much we have learned.
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Happiness depends not on things around me, but on my attitude.
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I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.
