"Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again."

-- Ethel Waters

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“My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.”
“A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compensate for too little life.”
“I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new.”
“There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters.”

Source : "Stars Spotlight Personal Triumphs Over Stuttering" by Alan Mozes, abcnews.go.com.
“The true human being ... is the meaning of the universe. He is a dancing star. He is the exploding singularity pregnant with infinite possibilities.”
“Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.”
“As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.”

Source : Anne Sexton, “Small Wire”
“Prosecutors are allowed to cherry-pick what evidence, if any, that they do present to a grand jury. So the grand jury process overall is flawed. And that's why it should not be utilized in this case and so many cases that are similar to this.”

Source : "Sandra Bland's Family Reacts To Grand Jury's Decision". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 23, 2015.

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