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

— Esther Williams

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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

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I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species. ↗

— George C. Williams

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The general rule is that anything that is passed on in reproduction does not undergo senescence. ↗

— George C. Williams

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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

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We're like Iraq. We're hiding missiles. We've got two missiles in reserve. ↗

— Jayson Williams

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