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.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.
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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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The world is always terrible.
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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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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be the best fit for the people of Georgia rather than someone in Washington dictating it.
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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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The man had killed the thing he loved, And so he had to die.
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Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!
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I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
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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.
