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Esther Williams
American
Actress
Born:
Aug 8
,
1921
Died:
Jun 6
,
2013
First
Life
Me
Swimming
Time
You
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When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.
Esther Williams
Funny
You
People
Long
Feeling
Sight
Out
See
Betrayal
Over
Again
I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.
Esther Williams
Gave
True
Did
Really
Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.
Esther Williams
Me
First
Clark
Clark Gable
Mermaid
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
Day
Job
Pool
Bonus
Earn
Took
Cost
Counted
Allowed
Towels
Five
Wet
Order
Cents
Swim
Lunchtime
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
Made
Swimming
Would
Would-Be
See
Could
Make
Felt
Always
How
Movie
Movies
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
Time
You
Remember
Walk
First
Everything
About
Could
Had
He
Remember When
Study
Him
Yards
Walked
Office
Get
Mayer
Really
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
Me
Strong
Made
Swimming
Enough
Frame
Had
Football
Football Player
Years
Very
Inflict
Heavy
Packed
Hard
Player
Muscle
Damage
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
Funny
You
Women
People
Control
Think
Know
Just
Movie
Movie Star
Star
Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy.
Esther Williams
Smart
Diplomacy
Mouth
Nothing
Had
Curb
Done
Much
Once I married Fernando, I became invisible.
Esther Williams
Once
Married
Invisible
Became
Fernando
What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.
Esther Williams
Health
Healthy
Individual
Very
Expects
Different
Public
Different Things
Things
Two
I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
Esther Williams
Life
Took
Would
Would-Be
Always
After
Hollywood
Granted
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.
Esther Williams
Life
Me
Sports
Girl
Three
Other
Ran
Magazine
Clearly
Sports Illustrated
Issues
Precursor
Page
Swimsuit
Illustrated
I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.
Esther Williams
Air
Feet
Mermaid
Dollar
Gold
Million
With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.
Esther Williams
Life
Simple
Had
Boy
Were
Diapers
Going
Little
Keep
Two
There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it.
Esther Williams
Men
Drinking
Lunch
Policy
Hughes
Against
Ignored
Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.
Esther Williams
Marriage
Pay
Security
Price
Shelter
Fernando
Offered
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