Venus Williams Quotes

Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.

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• We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.

  

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• After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.

  

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• The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.

  

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• In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.

  

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• If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

  

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• A lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against women wearing bikinis. No, I want women to feel comfortable and confident in whatever they wear.

  

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• I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.

  

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• I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
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• I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.

  

  Harriet Harman
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• In certain ways, we, many of us, stopped paying attention to the world. I have to think we would have moved on the whole climate issue in a different way if we'd been paying better attention.

  

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• 'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

  

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• Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

  

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• Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.

  

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• You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.

  

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• I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.

  

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• I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

  

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• I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.

  

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• I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.

  

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• I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.

  

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• I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.

  

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• I remember one of them - it was a 1941 black Ford. As it went by very slow, a guy leaned out with a shotgun, keeping a bead on us all the time, and we just had to walk slowly and wait for him to kill us... They didn't kill us, but they didn't end it, either.

  

  Medgar Evers
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• Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.

  

  Venus Williams
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