Ethel Waters Quotes

I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.

Ethel Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977

Topics

NeverAlwaysOutsiderFeltBelonged

I'm fairly skeptical of movements, organizations, and institutions in general.

Jeff Vandermeer

GeneralSkepticalInstitutionsFairly

When you have an idea for a work and when you've finished your model for it, for the artist it's almost complete, in a way. But then bringing it to the finish is really something you do for the audience. It is always exciting.

Jeff Koons

WorkYouArtistWayFinishAudience

We look at life from the back side of the tapestry. And most of the time, what we see is loose threads, tangled knots and the like. But occasionally, God's light shines through the tapestry, and we get a glimpse of the larger design with God weaving together the darks and lights of existence.

John Piper

LifeGodTimeLightTogetherDesign

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Tony Kushner

PoliticsManFeelGayDetermined

'Post 9/11 Blues' is an observational satire about the surreal circus of fear at that time. It's a generational thing.

Riz Ahmed

FearTimeBluesCircusSatirePost

Improvisation has to do with exploring something like two brothers in a room together. You find out things about situations by discovering the things that they aren't saying. It's a way to explore scenes. Sometimes it's more useful than others, but it's always there to see if there's anything that you might improve.

Mike Nichols

TogetherSayingYouFindSometimes

I think clothing is transformative. When you put something really beautiful on, you feel something. In so many ways, we're always playing a form of dress-up - it's just a grown-up, much chicer version of it. It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be.

Jason Wu

BeautifulThinkFeelYouNiceWant

Whenever I really get serious about something, I pull my hair back into a tight ponytail. If you see me with that, you know I mean business.

Coco Rocha

BusinessMeHairYouBackKnow

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

Branford Marsalis

CultureUpLeftShowTonightGave

I hated the Naked Chef. Fine, yes, he did good things for school food or whatever, but, you know, I don't want my chefs to be cute and adorable.

Anthony Bourdain

GoodCuteFoodSchoolChefYou

I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these kinds of people, the older you get, the more you appreciate it.

Pilou Asbaek

LoveGodPeopleAppreciateYouGo

On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.

Seth Low

GratitudeDayPeopleThoughtsForget

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