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"Critics established a snobbery toward me."

Esther Williams, American Actress

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Esther Williams, American Actress

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"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."

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

"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."

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

"Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal."

"Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues."

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

"Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy."

"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."

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

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