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Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend.

Billie Jean King

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Billie Jean King
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
Sports Commentator
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Long Beach
California
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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