Martina Navratilova Quotes

I didn't realize until I was doing commentary what a gladiator-like competition tennis is - other than no one dies. The crowd is waiting for the players to come, and they walk through the tunnel, and they get on the court, and they get out their rackets, their weapons, and now they start.

Martina Navratilova

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I start a book and I want to make it perfect, want it to turn every color, want it to be the world. Ten pages in, I've already blown it, limited it, made it less, marred it. That's very discouraging. I hate the book at that point.

Joan Didion

HateWorldStartBookColorPerfect

The argument has been made that smart women on screen are already enough of a minority to make up for the lack of women of color. Nope. Not good enough.

Jenna Wortham

GoodWomenSmartNot Good EnoughUp

No live performance can ever be perfect, and that's what keeps you on your toes - it pushes you to practice harder, show up for that 8 A.M. ballet class, and walk through the stage door every night just to have the chance to do it all again.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Robert Southey

WordsBurnMoreDeeperCondensed

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

Jeff Bridges

CompassionPainYouIntimacyLead

When I was younger, I was like, 'I want to be on Playboy.' My mum was a Playmate.

Sophie Monk

WantLikeYoungerPlayboyMum

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.

Stokely Carmichael

WorkStrengthCommunityPowerVoice

I'm obsessed with my PlayStation. I'll come home and plug away at 'Fallout' for a couple of hours. Or, if I'm feeling the hacking and slashing, I'll play a little 'God of War.'

Tracy Spiridakos

HomeGodWarFeelingPlayLittle

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Josh Billings

LearningWisdomAwakeWideSleeps

Always make your team around you feel like you are succeeding, even though you know, way down deep, it's a long shot. You have to be the fighter and the leader and the one who instills energy and hope in others.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

LeaderHopeTeamEnergyDeepYou

My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.

Dougray Scott

FocusNeverFilmGoingAccepted

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

Peter Capaldi

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