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Quote by Ethel Waters
In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a

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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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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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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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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My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side. – Bode Miller

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Even in high school, Id tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasnt too happy. Shed say, Think about this. And Id always end up getting back in the pool. – Michael Phelps

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My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. – Tyra Banks

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One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes. – Bam Margera

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