If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.
Ethel WatersBasically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.
Ethel WatersThere had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.
Ethel Waters