Esther Williams Quotes
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.
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I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.
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Even when I turn 60, they'll call me a child actor.
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A dry stretch of commentary in the middle of an 'Anchorman' movie would have been a terrible thing.
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I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It's there to be a museum showcase of all that's great about American music.
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I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.
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I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.
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I'm a physician. I've been blessed with ideas and resources to use technology to make the world a better place. That's what I would like to leave behind.
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When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.
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Brainwashed from rock and rap.
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I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.
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I was obsessed with Nancy Drew growing up - I couldn't get enough.
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They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.'
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People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
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Everybody should be free to love and marry who they want.
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I learnt my lessons very early on that it's probably a good thing to be humble in victory as well as defeat.
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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.
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I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation, but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesque; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why.
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What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out.
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The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
