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Quote by Ethel Waters
Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didnt live long e

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didnt live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me. – Ethel Waters

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I wanted to be with the kind of people Id grown up with, but you cant go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try. – Ethel Waters

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teen
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Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. – Ethel Waters

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Intelligence
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In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. – Ethel Waters

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My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When youre a kid, you can learn a language much more easily I learned English in less than a year. – Mila Kunis

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Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her. – Cathy Guisewite

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For the first few years of my life my mom used to cut my hair so there were a lot of bowl-cut hair styles. – Ne-Yo

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Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched. – Paul Harris

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They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that Im going to miss mine by just a few days. – Garrison Keillor

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I dont know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people cant stand to be invited someplace that isnt full of other important people. They dont mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. – Marilyn Monroe

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The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose. – Garrison Keillor

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And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. – John Rowland

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