Pete Sampras Quotes

When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

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• I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Believe
  • War
  • Death

• I don't like talking to celebrities.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Like
  • Talking
  • Celebrities

• I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • Up
  • Women
  • Fun

• The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Say
  • Give
  • Physician

• World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.

  

  Lane Evans
  • Time
  • World
  • War

• It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Faith

• There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • You
  • Struggle
  • Yourself

• When I was filming 'Ouija,' there were some elements in that that really creeped me out.

  

  Olivia Cooke
  • Really
  • Elements
  • Filming

• I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Freak
  • Geek
  • Freakish

• The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • People
  • Up
  • Job

• It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the president had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone.

  

  Padgett Powell
  • Earth
  • Conversation
  • Rise

• My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Career
  • Dad
  • Best

• It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Courage
  • Rules
  • Limits

• That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • People
  • Work
  • Team

• I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Trying
  • Why
  • Process

• I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • Love
  • Comedy
  • Always

• I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

  

  Camilla Lackberg
  • Music
  • Listen
  • Pop Music

• The sixty-minute drama form has become very rich.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Drama
  • Rich
  • Become

• I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Driving
  • More
  • Go

• Anne Rice really doesn't explore vampires as hideous monsters of the night, they're ancient creatures with a heart. And they want to be loved and they want connections just like we do.

  

  James Marsters
  • Heart
  • Night
  • Explore

• I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

  

  George H. W. Bush
  • Happy
  • House

• Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world, have brought their fertility rate down to 2.4, partly by social coercion, but mostly by broadly available education, health care and family planning.

  

  Donella Meadows
  • World
  • Family
  • Education

• People don't realize how amazing elephants are.

  

  Prince Harry
  • People
  • Amazing

• When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

  

  Pete Sampras
  • House
  • Tennis