Venus Williams Quotes
My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
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Food is my favourite thing in the world. I always say if I ate what I actually wanted to eat I'd be in one of those electronic scooters because I'd be too big.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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You have to open up on stage.
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In London, the home of the quick deal is that outer ring of the seven circles of hell, Tottenham Court Road, where, as a rule, finding something with an advertised price is as likely as spotting a mermaid under Vauxhall Bridge.
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Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see how 'Time' and 'Newsweek' would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty disappointed to see that they had chosen to show the photo we'd already seen a million times, which was basically the moment of impact.
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Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.
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The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
