#th

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been. ↗

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

The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their glasses in mid-air, the glasses wouldn't come down. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#big #came #come #compliment #down

The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#being #every #features #gloves #i

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty. ↗

— John Waters

#catholic #dirty #god #i #i was raised

Without obsession, life is nothing. ↗

— John Waters

#nothing #obsession #without

And I always keep cards people send me. I have a whole wall covered with them. ↗

— Emma Watson

#cards #covered #i #i always #keep

I've always been like that; I give 100 percent. I can't do it any other way. ↗