Billie Jean King Quotes
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
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I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated.
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I'm honored to be one of the guys that is seen as a leader of this great team - a team that has stood the test of time. AKA is one of the only teams that has been around since the beginning of the MMA explosion, and it's a huge honor for me to be named captain.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some movement or action or word, no matter how small, you move on to the next. You never rest.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.
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There must be a special place in hell reserved for you.I've been to hell. It's a better place than this.
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The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible the more chaotic things become.
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In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
