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We can't all win Olympic medal...

We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Traveling to swimming meets to...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Howard Hughes himself was a re...

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.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Victor Mature was a big man; h...

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I always felt that if I made a...

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.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I always took it for granted t...

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I remember when I first walked...

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I ended up buying a restaurant...

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I never walked the streets of ...

I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

The newspapers loved pinup pic...

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 135 quotes

By the time I got home at nigh...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

My training in Science of Mind...

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.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Marriage to Fernando offered s...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Even though I had a lucrative ...

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

The animus is symbolized by ma...

The animus is symbolized by male figures appearing in a womans dreams and fantasies, as a husband, son, father, lover, Prince Charming.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Barely a teenager, Elizabeth T...

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.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

No one can avoid a challenge i...

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

It appeared as if I had invite...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I took my daily swim at the Be...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

There was a policy at Hughes a...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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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....