Black Quote by Ethel Waters

“I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.”

Ethel Waters

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Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels.

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Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.

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I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He…

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All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people.

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The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their…

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I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

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I dressed plain, but my partners were always spending more money on clothes than I could afford.

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After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I…

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Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

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Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.

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There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.

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My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.

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I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

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If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.

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