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Barely a teenager, Elizabeth ...

Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine shoot, I was bowled over. I couldn't believe she was only fourteen. She filled out a swimsuit better than I did. We did the pictures, including one shot of me teaching her to float. With that superstructure of hers, she floated just fine. What she couldn't do was sink.

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The newspapers loved pinup pi...

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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The wisdom acquired with the ...

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

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Clark Gable was the first to ...

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

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My training in Science of Min...

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

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Marriage to Fernando offered ...

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

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Which Esther Williams do you ...

Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?

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Howard Hughes himself was a r...

Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.

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I took a job at the pool in o...

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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By the time I got home at nig...

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.

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Critics established a snobber...

Critics established a snobbery toward me.

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I was all in gold sequins for...

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.

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I always felt that if I made ...

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 think it's so funny when pe...

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know.

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There was a policy at Hughes ...

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it.

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Traveling to swimming meets t...

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

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No one had ever done a swimmi...

No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.

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It appeared as if I had invit...

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious

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I took my daily swim at the B...

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

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Three events. Three gold meda...

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....