Sabine Lisicki Quotes
My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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The Arab-Israeli conflict is the biggest problem, but small problems shape the daily lives of Israelis. Unless there happens to be a war going on, the Arab-Israeli conflict is irrelevant in daily life.
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If you look at 'The X-Files' generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not 'mythology' episodes, which tend to be the epic episodes. They deal with the big conspiracies, the search for Mulder's sister. They deal with what I would call the 'saga' of 'The X-Files.'
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A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
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The mark of the superior thinker is his or her ability to accurately predict the consequences of doing or not doing something.
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I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.
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My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.
