#or

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss. ↗

— Edward Bennett Williams

#effort #end #every #life #loss

These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie. ↗

— Edward Bennett Williams

#got #license #lie #new #new york

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

#because #comedy #eight #feet #five

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

— Esther Williams

#featuring #illustrated #issues #life #magazine

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

— Esther Williams

#drinking #hughes #ignored #lunch #men

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

— Esther Williams

#big news #events #gold #gold medals #i

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

#exciting #existence #gave #hint #home

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

#good #great #had #him #i

I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a "mature" record means. ↗

— Ian Williams

#hubris #i #i think #keep #lot

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning. ↗

— Ian Williams

#giving #i #like #names #read