Esther Williams Quotes
I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
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I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
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The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.
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That a man built the biggest church in the world is not an issue, not something to be excited about. The people of Satan also have money to build a big place and worship him.
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I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
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A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.
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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.
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Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.
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I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where each character has produced some sort of minor work? It was like having a magician in the household.
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Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity.
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The effects of climate change are real and only getting worse. I would like to build on the promises of the Paris Climate Agreement and make our country a global leader on the fight against climate change.
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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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Would you do your job and not be paid for it? I would do this job, and take on a second job just to make ends meet if nobody paid me. That’s how you know you are doing the right thing.
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I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.
