Bobby Riggs Quotes
I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the grave, you truly have it right.
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In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die some way or another.' If Americans were hysterical and pragmatic, the French were fatalistic: depressed but determined to keep the party going.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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I'm actually so low maintenance when it comes to my hair. It's naturally stick-straight, but I do like to use a curling iron to give my locks some life.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not 'clean up,' but they mature. It is a city where people spend a significant time in their lives, and then they move on.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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Yeah, I came down wrong. But we've got a game tomorrow and we've got to come to play.
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Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress.
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I do pottery.
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I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.
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I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the grave, you truly have it right.
