Billie Jean King Quotes
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
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Ultimately, making movies is a really, really small world. Being on sets and going to the same locations, like shooting in Shreveport, you're always working with somebody from another set that you worked with.
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The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.
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Ignorance is bliss, or so we're told. Personally, I find ignorance is also destiny.
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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
