Venus Williams Quotes
No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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People think that if you're sexy you have no brains, and if you have brains you aren't in touch with your sexual side. I'm trying to tell people, 'You can have it both ways.
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I have to say when a man lives for himself, it's hard to live with him. That's pretty much the story of all my divorces. I've been making records since I was 22 and done things my way, and it's hard for me to compromise. And of course, to have a successful relationship, one has to compromise. Sometimes I'm not good at it.
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I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.
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I have more time to work; I just do. Because once your kids are up and running, that frees you up a good 20, 30, hours a week.
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What we do and say and show really matters.
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No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.
