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I've played everything but a harp.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Played
Harp
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I'd rather play a maid than be one.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Maids
Play
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I did my best, and God did the rest.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
God
Inspirational
Inspiring
Best
Did
Rest
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I always have the best of everything.
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A woman's gifts will make room for her.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Inspiring
Rooms
Woman
Gifts
Her
Room
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I'm letting no man handle my bank account.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Men
Bank Accounts
Handle
Letting Go
Account
Bank
Bank Account
Letting
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Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Faith
Black
Federal Reserve
Persons
Reserve
System
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You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Evil
Fighting
Inside
Any
Fight
Existing
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When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be—an actress.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Actresses
Years
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The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Men
Action
Race
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Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Balance
Bob
Red
Eddie
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The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Judged
Race
Actions
Woman
Entire
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I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Earth
Feels
Visitors
Belong
Place
Visitor
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I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Maids
Week
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Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Missing
Thrill
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Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Thrill
Miss
Biggest Thrill
Leigh
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As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Diet
Food
Cooking
Culinary
Diets
Chicken
Roast
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I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Enough
Forget
Loathe
Married
Prefer
Get Married
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I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race and the motion picture industry.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Credit
Motion Pictures
Race
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I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Credit
Industry
Race
Sincerely
Picture
Motion
Motion Picture
Motion Picture Industry
Shall
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We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Friends
Respect
Hollywood
Pay
Sincerity
Willing
Acquaintances
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Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Inches
Kicks
Remember
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The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Choices
Servant
Week
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Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Actors
Distinctive
Passion
Possessed
Unique
Absorb
Actor
Every
Create
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Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.
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Complaining
Maids
Week
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Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Good
Humor
Clean
Fun
Little Time
Littles
Our Time
Little
Very
Aside
Necessary
Putting
Relieve
Tensions
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My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Desire
Grateful
Selfishness
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It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Honest
Long
Looks
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It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Looks
Silver
Screen
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My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Desire
Grateful
Hollywood
Selfishness
Good I Am Me
Good Me I Am
Dominated
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In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Book
Character
Hypnosis
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In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Book
Character
Me Living Way
Appeared
Tried
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That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Feet
Lucky
Powerful
Thanks
Wind
Contract
Foot
Gone With The Wind
Rabbit
Warner
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What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Demand
Hollywood
World
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What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Admirable
Hollywood
Pay
Sincerity
Trait
World Will Place
High Price
Price
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When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Knives
Mother
Taught
Teach
Use
Fork
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests. This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.
Hattie Mcdaniel / Actress
Art
Kindness
Humble
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