Bess Myerson
Bess Myerson
Bess Myersonwas an American politician, model and television actress who was crowned Miss America in 1945. She became a city commissioner in 1969, beginning a prominent New York political career. In the late 1980s, her career ended amid personal and professional scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth16 July 1924
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
lifetime crisis survived
I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.
people want privacy
I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.
style rooms sitting
I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style.
broken-heart funny-love short-love
To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.
beautiful hate
You cannot be beautiful and hate.
men
Men go after me, and I choose among them.
mother home men
All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man to come and save me from my life - but there didn't seem to be any, at least not for me.
beautiful hate character
You can't be beautiful and hate because hate is a corroding disease and affects the way you look. ... You can't hide it - ever. It shows in your eyes. It warps your expression. It affects your character, your personality.
ideas people soul
You've got to love people, places, ideas; you've got to live with mind, body, soul; you've got to be committed; there is no life on the side-lines.
grateful quiet ask-me
Everybody asks me, 'So, what are you doing now?' Why must I be doing something? All my life I've been doing something. All my life I've been doing. For now, I'm being -- being quiet, being grateful.
nba talking boston-celtics
I really don't like talking about diets.
needs
Even when I jog, I need a place to get to.
moral-corruption indifference crime
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
phoenix ashes
I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.