Esther Williams Quotes
I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me – and it was such a backhanded compliment – they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'
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Imagine stepping into the shoes of Roberto Duran, one of the most legendary boxers in the history of the sport, and definitely the most legendary Latin American boxer, and then having 'Raging Bull' in my corner. I mean, imagine that? Just having Robert De Niro to play the trainer in the movie, that was fantastic.
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I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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Small businesses pay 18 percent more than big businesses for health care, the same health care, just because they're small and they have too small a pool of risk.
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It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.
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My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films.
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We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children.
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There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
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I get a wild hair up my nose and I want to go.
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If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day.
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When E! ended the show, it wasn't because it was low-rated. It was because E! did not want to pay union rerun dues.
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The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.
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The Democratic Party is a house of many mansions. It is a body which is extremely important in representing all kinds of people in all parts of the country who have very broad and very different views.
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I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries.
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There's nothing worse than finishing your last take on a movie and thinking, 'God! I finally nailed who this guy was!'
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Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.'
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I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.
