Jimmy Connors Quotes

No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.

Jimmy Connors

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 2, 1952

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A-list stars go to Comic-Con to woo the nerd demographic.

Jim Lee

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When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.

Jo Brand

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It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's something I had to work through multiple drafts to figure out.

Jesmyn Ward

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I don't go around thinking I'm attractive or not attractive. It has never occurred to me. People don't think like that where I come from... No one has ever said, 'Oh, he's a good-looking bloke.' They just didn't use those words about men.

Melvyn Bragg

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

John Millington Synge

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When I talk to booksellers, they tell me how hard it is to hand-sell some of my books because I do keep popping around.

Matthew Desmond

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I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable companies in the world. I said, 'Jack, what does it take to have a great company?' And he said, 'It takes major setbacks and overcoming those.'

John T. Chambers

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Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related disease.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Islam is a dangerous religion.

Michel Houellebecq

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I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is.

Millicent Martin

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I spend a lot of time wondering how to best support the people that I love, because I think sometimes that means getting out of the way. When should I leave them alone to have their own life?

Jason Isbell

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Music can lift the spirit; it can make you cry. Soldiers have marched into battle to music. It's a powerful thing.

Jools Holland

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