Venus Williams Quotes
Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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Liberals are always proposing perfectly insane ideas, laws that will make everybody happy, laws that will make everything right, make us live forever, and all be rich. Conservatives are never that stupid.
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Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.
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There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
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Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
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At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
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In sport, all my fellow riders and trainers and the people I meet and deal with have just accepted the fact that I'm here forever.
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I don't want people to think that someone gives me something to wear, and I'll put it on.
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These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
