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The animus is symbolized by ma...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

The impresario Billy Rose saw ...

The impresario Billy Rose saw me in the sports pages-I was a champion swimmer, and one of the hopefuls for the 1940 Olympics-and his office called me.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Somehow I kept my head above w...

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Once I married Fernando, I bec...

Once I married Fernando, I became invisible.

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

I was the only swimmer in movi...

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I was all in gold sequins for ...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I was 15, and the years of har...

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

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

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

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.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I think it's so funny when peo...

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

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 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

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And...

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.

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 always took it for granted t...

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

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

Critics established a snobbery...

Critics established a snobbery toward me.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Clark Gable was the first to h...

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

Esther Williams 135 quotes

With two little boys in diaper...

With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

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