Quote by Ethel Waters
Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not re

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show. – Ethel Waters

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Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me. – Ethel Waters

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I had always loved John Fords pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. – Ethel Waters

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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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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. – George Bernard Shaw

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I cant change history, I dont want to change history. I can only change the future. Im working on that. – Boris Becker

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You can never plan the future by the past. – Edmund Burke, "Letter to a Member of the National Assembly"

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Here is what we know after more than a decade of Republican rule: Texas works. Even The New York Times let it slip into its pages that, Texas is the future. – Rick Perry

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I can take more punishment than anyone in the business. – Ric Flair

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Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust. – Aldrich Ames

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You know, Ive always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end. – Fiona Apple

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