Billie Jean King Quotes
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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Have you read 'The Grapes of Wrath?' That was my family. My dad was a sharecropper in western Oklahoma. When the dust storms came and everything got wiped out, they came to California. The guys with the mattresses on the tops of their cars in the movie? That was the way it was.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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Being published is a bit like being entered into a race you don't even want to run, but, once running, can't help but not want to lose.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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I'll always be tough on myself.
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If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask.
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I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
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I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news. Every known detail of the origin of mankind is extremely important to such a specialist as Dr. Mondrick, but it doesn't interest the man in the street - not unless it's dramatized.
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The strength of women and women's rights around the world are especially important because that affects children and families. And the cascade effect is remarkable.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
