Althea Gibson Quotes
I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.Althea Gibson
Quotes to Explore
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
Yuri Lowenthal -
It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
Jack Schwartz -
I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
Sam Heughan -
I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
Carine Roitfeld -
My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
Lance Loud -
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
Taylor Kinney
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
Gary Paulsen -
I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
Sam Heughan -
My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
Jackie Robinson -
I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
Quentin Blake -
Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
Barbara Cook -
I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
Jack Gilbert
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I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
Caitlin Moran -
Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
G. H. Hardy -
Junooniyat for love but not necessarily from the romantic perspective. For me, that is for family, that is for my work. For me, both these things are very important, so there is junoon for people I love, which is my family, and my work, which I worship.
Yami Gautam -
The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
Zola Jesus -
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
Dan Fogelberg -
I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.
R. Kelly
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Let us choose to believe something good can happen.
J. Martin Kohe -
I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy, and one of my specializations was the logic and mathematics of game theory. I've also got a degree in drama, so I know about stories, characterizations, plot arcs, and the like. Lots of game designers can do one or the other: I've got the skills for both.
Brendan Myers -
If you're talking about the narrow issue of public assistance, I would like to see us move to a more healthy system. But until we come up with certain guarantees - for example, guaranteed jobs where mothers move off welfare - I support welfare very strongly. The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.
William Julius Wilson -
I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
Harland Williams -
It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
Jon Lovitz -
I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.
Althea Gibson