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I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

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
Handing
Prevents
Desperately
Tenderness
Affection
Something

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