I never was a child.
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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
I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family.
Ethel Waters
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.
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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.
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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
I am an isolationist.
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