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• ‟ Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.

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• ‟ We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.

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• ‟ The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their glasses in mid-air, the glasses wouldn't come down.

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• ‟ Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

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

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• ‟ Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

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• ‟ After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.

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