John McEnroe Quotes

I don't really know why I started playing as a kid, but I grew up in Queens, New York, not too far from Forest Hills, where they played the U.S. Open in those days. I even got to be a ball boy there. Also, there was a tennis court just a block away from our house, and I'd hang out down there.

John McEnroe

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1959

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I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

Joe Pantoliano

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When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.

Joel A. Barker

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I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you're not good; it just means someone hasn't seen you yet. It doesn't mean that in real life you're not the greatest actor.

Matthew Gray Gubler

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I didn't even know about guys wearing makeup, like David Bowie and Boy George. When I was really young, I wasn't into that - I was into Britney Spears.

Jeffree Star

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I started a lecture series that was inspired by my reporting on race in America. The 'Black in America' series launched on CNN in 2007 as an opportunity to freshen the national conversation on race.

Soledad O'Brien

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We have long suspected that the faceless organisations that run our world - be it the church, multinational conglomerates or the government - keep things from us.

Simon Toyne

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I try to have the right thing happen at the end of the case, try to have the case have a moral compass to it, try to do a little teaching while I'm at it because that's the, you know, that's the preacher in me.

Judy Sheindlin

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What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten. And to do it quickly. Many competitive mnemonists argue that their skills are less a feat of memory than of creativity.

Joshua Foer

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I'm all for streaming, and I do think it's thrilling that a gazillion people can see our film the day it drops. On the other hand, I'm a fierce believer of the theatergoing experience. My hope would be that films can be enjoyed in both ways, that there's room for both.

Jonathan Demme

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When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting.

Brian Eno

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If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.

Anne Roiphe

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I'm a radical environmentalist; I think the sooner we asphyxiate in our own filth, the better. The world will do better without us. Maybe some fuzzy animals will go with us, but there'll be plenty of other animals, and they'll be back.

Anthony Bourdain

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