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Esther Williams Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: August 8, 1921 - June 6, 2013

Topics

Sports Space Champion Loved Pictures

Part of me goes back to being 8 years old and going on the train 45 minutes to wait at a bank to get Ernie Banks' autograph. Or when I was a ball boy, becoming best buddies with some of the undrafted or late-drafted guys, them becoming like our big brothers, and then the pain of cut day and watching them get cut.

Best Day Pain Me Wait Back

I went to school for culinary arts. I love to cook. That's a talent not a lot of people know about.

Love School Talent People Know Arts

No matter what town you are in, there is some social order and a different yardstick to chart. In New York, people create things like schools and speaking languages and second homes.

New York People You Create New

Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.

Strategy Prove Criminal Only Attempt

Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas.

People Ideas Frustration Poverty Use

Truly, what the Secret Service did for us is that they saved my dad's life twice.

Life Service Secret Twice Us Did

Jerry Bruckheimer is the most hands-on producer that I've worked with. Jerry's very involved in the music, and he's such a fan of film. When you watch him playing back the cues to the picture, he's like a kid in a candy store.

Music Picture You Back Candy Kid

I don't have any illusions anymore. The illusion that rock 'n' roll could change anything - I don't believe that. I've changed.

Change Believe Illusion Rock Roll

I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details have to be, have, you know, to go through a long list of them and tick them. I'm not saying that's not important in fiction, but I think you have a bit more leeway; you can suit yourself.

Yourself Writing Saying Think You

If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children.

Love Father Mother Children Best

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.

History Talent College You Look

Anyone who spends time on the road knows there's something special about being in the middle of Utah or Nebraska - you sit with it, and there's a peace about it. You can go left or right, and it opens up all kinds of doors. You take your own path.

Path Time Peace Road Doors You

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