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Billie Jean King

"Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad."

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"Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad."

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"Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is."

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"Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form."

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"Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers."

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"The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women."

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"There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile."

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"What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."

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"Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top."

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"What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married."

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"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians."

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"The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing."
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"I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well."
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"I wanted to use sports for social change."
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"I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life."
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"Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever."
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"That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question."
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"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."
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"It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences."
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"I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much."
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"I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side."
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