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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.
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Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy.
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With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.
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The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
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I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
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I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.
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I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers.
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Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.
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Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.
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