Billie Jean King Quotes
I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
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When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song. That's because I was always around so many voices in church.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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Historically, the National Religious Party, which my party - Jewish Home - is built upon, has aligned itself in consecutive Israeli governments with the ultra-Orthodox factions.
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I get bored after I invent something because I hate talking about it every time.
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Did I miss?" you asked. "You didn't exactly miss," said Pooh, "But you missed the balloon." "I'm so sorry," you said, and you fired again, and this time you hit the balloon and the air came slowly out, and Winnie-the-Pooh floated down to the ground.
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Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.
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I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.
