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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 22
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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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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.
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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
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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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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team.
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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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Don't worry about what people say.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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