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Katrina Adams Quotes

I was fortunate to have people like Althea Gibson come and speak to me, also Leslie Allen and Arthur Ashe. So I feel obligated, part of my duty, to continue to pass on the knowledge I've learned to youngsters and adults alike.

Katrina Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: August 5, 1968

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Knowledge People Me Speak Feel Duty

Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had back in the Seventies. But I've come around. Ballads have become something of an acquired taste.

Joe Perry

Reputation You Back Kind Become Out

It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start getting little bites, then more, then you hook a few, then more. Then you can start reeling them in and that's a loveliest feeling - the whole audience laughing with you.

Jim Dale

Fishing Start You Feeling More Out

I'll put candles all over the room, then light then, and get to it. I call it my 'vibe in a bag.'

Jody Watley

Light Bag Over Room Call Get

When I read 'Absalom, Absalom!,' I remember being really excited about it and telling all my friends they had to read it, especially my writer friends.

Jesmyn Ward

Friends Remember Excited Being Read

There's a rhythm and a cadence in a scene, and when an actor understands without any real direction from you, then that's a very valuable gift. And some people get it, and some people don't.

Jeff Nichols

People Gift Direction You Actor Get

In recent years, America's wealthiest man has begun to tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. With a personal fortune of $50 billion, Gates has the resources to give his favorite solutions a major boost.

Jeff Goodell

Man Energy America Personal Way Air

I don't believe that when you are 25 you are over the hill. Fifty is the new 30.

Michael Flatley

Believe You New Hill Over Fifty

When I start working on an idea, I immediately record without judging it.

St. Lucia

Start Judging Without Working Idea

It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.

Michio Kaku

Say Theory Going Century Quantum

I'm really big on the gym and yoga. I'm at the gym at least six days. That is just getting there and creating those endorphins and sweating. And that routine also keeps me grounded in spite of whatever my life looks like.

Jonathan Van Ness

Life Me My Life Gym Routine Looks

My ears sort of turn off when someone tells me that what my heart is saying isn't a good idea.

Chrisette Michele

Good Heart Me Saying Someone Turn

The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.

Bret Stephens

Day People Election Need Who Most