Esther Williams Quotes

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.

Esther Williams

• Loved
• Newspapers
• Swimmer
• Pin Up
• Sports Page

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• My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.

  

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• We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

  

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• I was lucky to be with Johnny... he taught me a lot about fame.

  

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• I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

  

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• I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.

  

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• Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

  

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• After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.

  

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• What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't throw, and he doesn't catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he'll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games.

  

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• Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.

  

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• In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

  

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• It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

  

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• The minds of men are at last aroused; reason looks out and justifies her own, and malice finds all her work is ruin.

  

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• I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

  

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• It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.

  

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• I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.

  

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• I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.

  

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• I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.

  

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• Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.

  

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• Trust your gut feeling about things, listen to what others are saying, and look at the results of your actions. Once you know the truth, you can set about taking action to improve. Everyone will be better for it.

  

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• Watching Madonna puffing on a cigar on David Letterman's show, I thought, 'Gosh, she's feeling so India! All she needs is long, black hair and a trip to the Caribbean to burn her skin up.'

  

  La India
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• The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.

  

  Esther Williams
  • Loved
  • Newspapers
  • Swimmer