Arthur Ashe Quotes
Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates.
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Las Vegas, New Mexico has had a lot of great movies shot there.
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I'm nothing without a band. I always feel like I'm part of the road crew until I'm on stage.
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My brother really shaped my musical taste when I was younger. He turned me on to classic rock like Led Zeppelin, and then he got me into R.E.M. and U2.
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For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
