#ted

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

#childhood #drinking #greatest #influence #lust

Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#frenzy #me #mother #release #she

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#inheritance #our

This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#concerned #far #frightened #game #go

I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#ball player #baseball #baseball player #definitely #finger

In some cases I feel like they haven't appreciated enough that growing up doesn't mean boring and old and not full of life. I like to talk about that also. ↗

— Jody Watley

#also #appreciated #boring #cases #enough

There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where the beauty of black people isn't always as celebrated as other types. I'd like to help change that if I can! ↗

— Jody Watley

#beauty #black #celebrated #change #culture

I don't take anything for granted. ↗

— Bubba Watson

#granted #i #take

People started coining the phrase, 'Bubba Golf,' whatever you want to call it, which I like. 'Bubba Golf' is going to be fun. I mean, why do what everybody else does? That's boring. ↗

— Bubba Watson

#call #does #else #everybody #everybody else

The United States Postal Service is the world's most efficient postal system. ↗

— Diane Watson

#most #postal #postal service #service #states