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Ethel Waters
Biography
Author Profession:
Musician
Nationality:
American
Born:
October 31
, 1896
Died:
September 1
, 1977
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All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.
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We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.
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I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.
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Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.
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