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When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.

Ethel Waters

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Ethel Waters
Age: 80 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 31
Died: 1977
Died: September 1
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Vocalist
Chester
Pennsylvania
People
Dominate
Heavily
Emotions
Privilege
Pay
Emotion
Come
Time

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