| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 18438 |
| QUOTATION: | When were in the water, were not in this world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Gertrude Ederle (b. 1906), U.S. swimmer. As quoted in WomenSports magazine, p. 16 (May 1977).
Ederle was the fifth person, and the first woman, to swim across the English Channel. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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