Venus Williams Quotes
That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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My attitude is govern as if you've run your last race. That's not to say I've run my last race, but govern with a liberation and a freedom; change your mind frame to operate that way.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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It's amazing that we have lead females on television and a couple of them over 40. Thank you very much. And being beautiful and strong and sexy and everything that you hope for.
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Keeping your space clean is as much a part of the end result as the dish being tasty.
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Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.
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How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about.
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I like to tell people that I have the best job in the media. All I do is hang around with heroes. I do that every week for my 'War Stories' documentary series - and when FOX News wants - I go off and cover the young Americans we send to places like Afghanistan or Iraq.
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That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.
