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It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious.

- Esther Williams

Audience, Invited, Had, Conveyed

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

Cost, Lunchtime, Took, Towels

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

- Esther Williams

True, Gave, Really, MGM

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

- Esther Williams

Away, Drinking, Though, MGM

Once I married Fernando, I became invisible.

- Esther Williams

Invisible, Once, Became, Fernando

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

- Esther Williams

Security, Shelter, Offered, Fernando

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.

- Esther Williams

Feet, Studio, Half, Musical Comedy

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers.

- Esther Williams

Pool, Took, Beverly, Hills

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

- Esther Williams

Health, Very, Public, Expects

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.

- Esther Williams

Became, Las Vegas, Hughes, Headquarters

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.

- Esther Williams

Could, Bathing Suit, Gotten, Swimmer

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

- Esther Williams

My Own, Took, Meets, Small-Town

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

- Esther Williams

Sports, Clearly, Other, Ran

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

Strong, Very, Damage, Frame

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

- Esther Williams

Me, Clark Gable, Clark, Mermaid

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.

- Esther Williams

Feet, Gold, Million, Mermaid

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.

- Esther Williams

Big, Mature, Knew, Swagger

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

Sports, Young, Pretty, Champion

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

- Esther Williams

Restaurant, Metal, Had, Invested

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

- Esther Williams

Mouth, Nothing, Diplomacy, Curb

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

Think, Movie, I Think, Movie Star

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

- Esther Williams

Gift, Passage, Unless, Useless

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

- Esther Williams

Gold, News, Big News, Events

Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?

- Esther Williams

Want, About, Which, Williams

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.

- Esther Williams

Strength, Pool, Had, Little Girl

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

- Esther Williams

Night, By The Time, Saw, Rings

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

- Esther Williams

Mind, Question, Took, Every Sunday

Critics established a snobbery toward me.

- Esther Williams

Critics, Established, Toward, Snobbery

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

Study, I Remember, About, Walked

With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.

- Esther Williams

Simple, Going, Had, Diapers

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