"Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence."
― Ethel Waters
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Intelligence
― Ethel Waters
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More In Intelligence
- "There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman."― Carrie Chapman Catt
- "It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle."― Bryant H. McGill
- "Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence."― Ambrose Bierce