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Esther Williams

Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress.

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No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

Arsenic, Avoid, Breeding, Challenges, Regret

No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.

Done, Swimming, Underwater

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

Athlete, Teaching, Time, Unless, Wisdom

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

Control, Movie, Star, Stars, Thinking, Women

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.

Damage, Football, Heavy, Strong, Swimming

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

Done, Gone, Long, Movie, Suit

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.

Chlorinated, Eye, Eyes, Home, Night, Rings

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

Eardrums, Gave, Mgm, True

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

Marriage, Pay, Security, Shackle, Shelter

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.

Bitty, Feet, New York, Running, Stars, Thought

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

Girl, Issues, Life, Page, Precursor, Sports

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it

Against, Drinking, Ignored, Lunch, Men

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

Buying, Gas Stations, Metal, Plant, Products, Restaurant

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.

Allowed, Cost, Five, Jobs, Order, Swim

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

Different, Health, Individual, Inspiration, Public, Two

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

Big, Events, Gold, Medals, Sports, Three

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.

Everything, Firsts, Office, Remember, Study, Yards

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.

Angeles, Business, Headquarters, Use, Vegas, Way

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.

Character, Girl, Kept, Strength, Swimming, Water

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

Clark, Firsts, Gable, Mermaid

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