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 love that I'm rarely recognized. I like it because I know I can look different from film to film.
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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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Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
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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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The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeletons of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
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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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They were afraid if the children were not very obedient they would get in trouble with white people for being uppity or being too agressive. So they were very, very strict. I would say today that we don't need to beat our children.
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The conventional wisdom is that authors get only one chance in this world. If your first novel doesn't sell, publishers and bookstores lose interest, and your career stalls, barring an act of God or Oprah.
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The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.
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It will kill four times as many Americans as AIDS will over the next decade. I feel that what ever kind of disability God has given me, as an entertainer and as a public figure, it is so I can be a representative for others.
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If Max [Aitken] gets to Heaven he won't last long. He will be chucked out for trying to pull off a merger between Heaven and Hell ... after having secured a controlling interest in key subsidiary companies in both places, of course.
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The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
