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Bess Myerson Biography

Bess Myerson (July 16, 1924 – December 14, 2014) was an American politician, model and television actress who became famous in 1945 as the first Jewish Miss America, the only person of that faith to ever win the title.

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Men go after me, and I choose among them.

Among, Choose, Men

I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.

Clean, People, Privacy, Want

Even when I jog, I need a place to get to.

Jog, Needs, Place

You've got to love people, places, ideas; you've got to live with mind, body, soul; you've got to be committed; there is no life on the side-lines.

Committed, Ideas, Live, People, Soul

I really don't like talking about diets.

Boston Celtics, Diets, Like, Nba, Talking

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

Ashes, Like, Phoenix, Rise

You can't be beautiful and hate because hate is a corroding disease and affects the way you look. . . . You can't hide it - ever. It shows in your eyes. It warps your expression. It affects your character, your personality.

Beautiful, Character, Hate, Personality, Shows

Everybody asks me, 'So, what are you doing now?' Why must I be doing something? All my life I've been doing something. All my life I've been doing. For now, I'm being -- being quiet, being grateful.

Ask Me, Everybody, Grateful, Quiet

All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man to come and save me from my life - but there didn't seem to be any, at least not for me.

Home, Men, Mother, Praise, Received

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

Crisis, Lifetime, Lived, Survived

I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style.

Back, Conniving, Rooms, Sitting, Style

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

Crime, Frequently, Indifference, Moral Corruption

You cannot be beautiful and hate.

Beautiful, Hate

To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.

Breakup, Broken Heart, Fall, Love, Simple

I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.

Decision, Divorce, Mistake, Mistakes, Right

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