Venus Williams Quotes
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
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Smarter is always the answer.
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I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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One cool thing is because Mom and Dad aren't into the Hollywood scene, they don't read 'US Weekly' or anything like that. They give me space. They don't care. They just want all of their children to be doing something that they love to do and be able to pay their insurance.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I come from a working-class family, and I've been working since I was 13, from babysitting to blueberry picking to factory work to bookstore work. And of course, being a mother and homemaker, the hardest work of all.
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I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.
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If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.
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When I read that Khal Drogo role, I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was happening. I had to have that role.
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I'm always on the court with my dad.
