Boris Becker Quotes
If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It's as if I'm racist towards white girls!
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five years later, I'm a board member of Oceana, the world's largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I'm a natural blonde!
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I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of 'Black Water,' so this is a full circle moment. To collaborate and recreate this iconic song is just an amazing moment as an artist.
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I hope to literally change the world with Black Girls Code by changing the paradigm which produces the current monolithic ecosystem in technology.
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Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily.
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In an amusement park, you can go on a roller coaster that carries you up and down, or you can go on another kind of ride that whirls you around in a circle. Similarly, there are different sorts of entertaining experiences in the theater.
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If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It's as if I'm racist towards white girls!
