Chris Evert Quotes
My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether they arise from life experience, political ideology or religious belief.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
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Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their letters, and when I have to bridge the chasms between the factual evidence, I try to make an intuitive leap through the eyes and motivation of the person I'm writing about.
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I'm not ashamed to say I fear something.
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I never had much education in English poetry as such.
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At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers.
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The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.
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My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.
