"What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things."
"I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers"
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Esther Williams
Actress
Esther Williams was a celebrated actress and swimmer known for her iconic roles in aquatic musicals during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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"The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it."
"I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air"
"Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home."
"Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid."
"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."