#ow

People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#down #ella #ella fitzgerald #entertainment #fitzgerald

I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#cannot #feeling #happier #help #husband

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#down #exerting #other #pulling #pushing

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#any #because #belongs #done #efforts

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#earth #high #influence #life #neutralize

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#her #him #just #just be #know

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#extent #father #go #i #kid

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#child #child actor #dakota #fanning #i

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#around #did #good #how #i

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#acting #being #celebrity #favorite #know