Esther Williams

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

— Esther Williams

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

— Esther Williams

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Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal. ↗

— Esther Williams

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

— Esther Williams

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Critics established a snobbery toward me. ↗

— Esther Williams

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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

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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. ↗

— Esther Williams

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I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood. ↗

— Esther Williams

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

— Esther Williams

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When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again. ↗

— Esther Williams

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