Johnny Weissmuller Quotes

#1. I need freedom to be happy.

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#2. All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.

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#3. Look for goodness in others, for beauty in the world, and for possibilities in yourself.

Wes Fesler

#4. I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.

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#5. Don't let go of the vine.

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#6. I felt tears sting into my eyes, and took a deep swallow of the first champagne I had ever tasted, remembering that I had read somewhere that the monk who invented it said, on first tasting it, 'It is like drinking stars'.

Anne Rivers Siddons

#7. Bitcoin woke us all up to a new way to pay, and culturally, I think a much larger percentage of us have become accustomed to the idea that money no longer comes with the friction it once had.

John Battelle

#8. The main thing is not to let go of the vine.

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#9. Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

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#10. Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?

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#11. I got my love of animals from the Dr. Doolittle books and my love of Africa from the Tarzan novels. I remember my mum taking me to the first Tarzan film, which starred Johnny Weissmuller, and bursting into tears. It wasn't what I had imagined at all.

Jane Goodall

#12. Fun for me is to take what I learn and teach others in a way that is accessible and applicable in their own lives.

Daphne Oz

#13. I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.

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#14. Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

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#15. No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

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#16. How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?

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#17. The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

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#18. We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.

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#19. They who are not fastidious as to the means, seldom fail of securing the result they aim at.

Fanny Fern

#20. With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

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#21. Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.

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#22. The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.

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#23. When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

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#24. I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.

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#25. I wish I could have a cupcake,

Lois Lowry

#26. I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.

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