Ethel Waters Quotes
It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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Abortion's a private decision. But I just think it shouldn't be federalized.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
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I do try to keep my show very improvisational. I don't work off a set list; I like to keep it more in the moment. I like to have information about where I'm going, what might be happening in that particular region as well. I like for people to feel like the show is for them.
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The will of the people is the best law.
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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
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And what of the dead? They lie without shoesin their stone boats. They are more like stonethan the sea would be if it stopped. They refuseto be blessed, throat, eye and knucklebone.
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I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
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More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.
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I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.
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If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more.
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I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.
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Let pessimism once take hold of the mind, and life is all topsy-turvy, all vanity and vexation of spirit. There is no cure for individual or social disorder, except in forgetfulness and annihilation.
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The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it?
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It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.
