Billie Jean King Quotes
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
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I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.
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You have little representation of young black men in the business sector, so you have children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods who don't hear discussions at the dinner table about what goes on in business. It's almost as if we have two nations.
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I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.
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My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
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I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll. I've listened to 'Ziggy Stardust' as much as any rock n' roll fan - I don't really know what it's about, but it sure is fun to think about David Bowie as this mad creation.
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People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am.
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I was lucky enough to have parents that took me out from country to country and go to school and learn how to be a better person.
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The greatest thing has been that projects that were pipe dreams before 'Whiplash' are now feeling more realistic.
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There's so much that we just accept, but the reasons behind how certain rules came to be are so fascinating and funny, it just increases your affection for language.
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Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.
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I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back, it's got to look good at all angles.
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I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.
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But whatever its defects, the classification of Linnæus was the first attempt at grouping animals together according to certain common structural characters.
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God didn't give me the ability to play the piano, or paint a picture or have compassion. But... he did give me the ability to crack a walnut with my hoo-ha.
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You never know why or when the next job is coming. I actually like that. It's kind of exciting. I don't punch in. I don't have a 9 to 5 job. When you do work you're lucky enough to go to interesting places and meet mostly interesting and talented people, so it's really a great job if you can work.
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
