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.Arthur Ashe
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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.
Jack Osbourne -
There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
Olive Schreiner -
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.
Mae Jemison -
I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
Dan Marino -
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.
Jack Falahee -
I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.
Lars Mikkelsen
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
Ed Westwick -
I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
Yani Tseng -
The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
C. L. R. James -
Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
Rachel Bilson -
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
Barbra Streisand -
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.
Wallace Shawn
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
Walter Wager -
When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
Yael Naim -
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.
Naomi Watts -
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
Natalie Imbruglia -
I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
Taylor Lautner -
I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds, choir sounds, and then you can multi-task with all these orchestral sounds. Through the magic medium of technology, I can play all kinds of sounds - double bass and stuff.
Bat for Lashes
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It's my view that any conservative who loves his country has to be extremely concerned.
Vincent Bugliosi -
There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
Rachel Sklar -
Grafenwalder shoots a sidelong glance at Ursula Goodglass, wondering what their marriage must be like. Clearly sex isn’t in the cards, but he doubts that it was ever the main interest in their lives. Games, especially those of prestige and subterfuge, are amongst the chief entertainments of the Rust Belt moneyed.
Alastair Reynolds -
I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
Mads Mikkelsen -
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.
Arthur Ashe