Billie Jean King Quotes

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

Billie Jean King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1943

Topics

LeaderManToughMatterHardSide

Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.

Jill Clayburgh

CharacterHelpClothesYouWhoPart

With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.

Jennifer Granholm

EducationGoodFutureJobSchool

I get to study and I got to mimic and what I basically did was I stole from every person that I could steal from. I was an imitator. That's what I was. It was years before I could take all of these things that I loved about all of these different artists and put them together and find my voice.

Michael Buble

TogetherVoiceLovedFindPerson

As a comedian, I'm forced to have a tough skin. Until people laugh, they are detractors. You walk into a new audience where nobody knows you, they go: 'Make us laugh. Show us what you're made of. Prove why we should be listening to you.'

Trevor Noah

WalkPeopleListeningToughLaugh

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Tom Tancredo

PoliticsPeopleLawYouPolicy

I learn much more by traveling by myself.

Roberto Cavalli

MyselfLearnMoreTravelingMuch

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature.

Russell Banks

TalentReadingThoughtLiterature

When I was younger, I always wanted to be a musician, a performer and an entertainer - but I never thought about becoming a poster or anything like that. It's pretty cool.

Ross Lynch

CoolThoughtNeverAlwaysAnything

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.

Miguel

ViolenceLos AngelesGangHighUp

If you have any setback in your life, like not being in the England squad was for me - any setback, like losing a family member - everyone handles it in different ways. When I first wasn't included I was numb. I'd been the main England striker for years and years. It was really disappointing.

Michael Owen

LifeFamilyLosingMeYouSquad

Sometimes with artists, I want to hear a few things before I buy the whole album.

Juicy J

SometimesWantBuyThingsArtists

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

Judd Nelson

LifeCareerMake-BelieveMasks

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