Althea Gibson Quotes

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

Althea Gibson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003

Topics

GoodChampionCrownYouEatWell

In the South, there is more overt racism. It's more willfully ignorant and brazen. But it's not as if by moving I'm going to be able to escape institutionalized racism. It's not as though my life won't be twisted and impacted by racism anymore. It will.

Jesmyn Ward

LifeRacismMovingMy LifeEscape

I'm not full on 'Jersey Shore' Jersey, but in my heart, my bangs are so feathered with tons of hairspray. My husband says that whenever I get tired, it comes out.

Melissa Rauch

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In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

Maynard Webb

WorkOpportunityGreatCoolTalking

Realistically, looks offer an advantage to an actor. I'm going to work hard to maintain my skin. I'm going to prevent aging as much as possible. And I will keep trying to become a better person on the inside as much as I spruce up the outside.

Song Joong-ki

WorkAgingWork HardBetter Person

My approach to 'Eastenders' is the same as my approach to film and the same approach to theatre. Whatever I do, I use the same skills and tools.

Steve McFadden

TheatreToolsSkillsSameWhatever

Even the coolest jobs get stultifying with repetition, and the only way to break that cycle is to bring another job into the mix.

Mary H.K. Choi

JobRepetitionWayBreakBringGet

If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.

Moby

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'Ice Age 4' came totally out of nowhere for me. I was told Fox Animation was interested in hiring me as a story supervisor or something or other that sounded way too professional for me.

Jason Fuchs

AgeMeStoryIceProfessionalWay

Once I came out of the closet, it was sort of that thing of 'The truth will set you free.'

Jonathan Groff

TruthFreeYouWillOutCloset

When you go looking for rescue, you end up trapped in your own weakness.

Deb Caletti

LookingEndWeaknessYouGoTrapped

I think a man should definitely be helping in the home. There are so many places in our country where it's kind of thought to be a woman's place, and it shouldn't be.

Bobby Berk

HomeWomanManThinkThoughtPlace

I go out every day in Paris.

Brigitte Macron

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