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I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia. I just want to be like her. But if she loses, then I'm like, 'Oh, man, now I have to do it.


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LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I I can't become satisfied, because if I get satisfied, I'll be like, "Oh, I've won Wimbledon, I've wo...
SERENA WILLIAMS If she wins or loses, I'm extra motivated either way. When she wins, I definitely want to be like he...
VENUS WILLIAMS It could come very soon. All I can do is play to get to the fourth round. Venus and I just have to g...
SERENA WILLIAMS Then you shouldn't have thrown her away when she was your wife. Now she ain't. Now she's somethin' t...
KRISTEN ASHLEY I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
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LINDSEY WIXSON Oh, she is pretty. She was like Miss Houston or something. Pity, I have to murder her now.
LARRY CORREIA God, no. I don’t want to tame her, I want to watch her. I just want to watch her be herself – it...
DIANNA HARDY Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD The day that I saw Whoopi Goldberg on television, I cried so hard because I kept looking at my daddy...
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ERIC TURNER I wanted it not to be true. I wanted it not to be her plane. I wanted it - I wanted, if it was her p...
TED OLSON It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I...
JOHN GREEN I was influenced, or inspired by, my kindergarten teacher. I wanted to be just like her.
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JODI PICOULT I had to go hard at her ... treat her like a man. I was really up for her. I wanted to wrestle her.
JASON GRAY I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she ...
CHARLIZE THERON When she reached me, she stopped and kissed my father on the cheek before taking my hand. However, w...
J.J. MCAVOY I couldn't tell anyone how I felt because I knew they wouldn't understand. Oh, poor little Christina...
NENIA CAMPBELL I was consistent and hitting the ball very hard. I was very excited about that. Today was the best m...
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EMMA THOMPSON How could she just leave me here to live without her? I miss her so much. I love her. I want her to ...
AVA DELLAIRA I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when ...
RICHELLE MEAD Tammy Faye, I really like the woman. I wanted to be her kid.
JESSICA HAHN I just want her to play the game under control. And for her, it's much different from any player I'v...
PAT SUMMITT I like her. But if they have to replace her, Tony Clark would be the best possible choice.
DENNIS COSTA I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she...
NEIL GAIMAN I think every teacher should be like her because she makes it so fun.
DEBRA WILLIAMSON I crush her against me. I want to be part of her. Not just inside her but all around her. I want our...
ISAAC MARION I have a lot of respect for her. She was my favorite player growing up. That's why I started gruntin...
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KATHERINE HANNIGAN If I had it my way, Harper and I wouldn't be standing in this room right now, we wouldn't be pressed...
MOLLY MCADAMS Yeah, it was so good. I was so-o-o mean to her before [in Hide and Seek ]. Man, I felt bad because I...
ELISABETH SHUE You really don’t understand, do you?” she said. “I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. ...
NEIL GAIMAN So one time I said to her that she should stop reading it, because it was just depressing, so she wa...
M.T. ANDERSON In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, they always say the heroine is 'a...
ALEX FLINN When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off ...
JACKI WEAVER I recently got into 'Scandal.' I'm obsessed. It's so good. I want to know Olivia Pop...
ROSS MATHEWS I feel like my mission is to be honest with myself. My mission is to share my truth - share, not giv...
GERARD WAY I want her home. I feel like she's afraid, and I feel like she wants to come home.
DOROTHY COLLIE Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I ca...
VERONICA ROTH She looked like the only horse that closed ground. I was glad to see her get the trip. Now I've got ...
JAMIE LLOYD I brush her hair back from her forehead. "You need to stop worrying about everything that can't be c...
JESSICA SORENSEN Coraline sighed. "You really don't understand, do you?" she said. "I don't want whatever I want. Nob...
NEIL GAIMAN Coraline sighed. ‘You really don’t understand, do you?’ she said. ‘I don’t want whatever I...
NEIL GAIMAN Coraline sighed. “You really don’t understand, do you?” she said. “I don’t want whatever I...
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NEIL GAIMAN I was about 7 or 8 years old and watched Wimbledon, saw her play. I knew I wanted to be there.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA She's a very, very timid person, and since she was scared, I was just like, I just wanted her to fee...
DAX MAIER I don't think she'll [Venus Williams] be around for a very long time. I doubt it will be a long care...
RICHARD WILLIAMS I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m...
AMBER SMITH My mom wanted to be an actress, so she figured her son could be one for her. She said she'd give me ...
TOBEY MAGUIRE The years I spent pining for her, trying to subtly convince her that I was the man she needed to be ...
CRAIG R. KEY I always wondered what it must be like to lose a twin—if somehow Mary felt it like it was happenin...
FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK He didn't want her to be around her friends. I used to call her everyday until she said 'don't, beca...
CATHY CRAFT I was like: I'm going to ask her [Julia Roberts] out but I'm going to be very nervous about it. Then...
MATTHEW PERRY Oh yeah. It was a little black gun she had in her hand. I saw that. Just as clear as can be. And she...
BARB BRUSSEAU I don't know what she was thinking. She is just a young girl, and she must have panicked. I heard he...
ANTHONY FARRISI Time was the most precious thing in the world to me, and I’d just given her all of it. Because I w...
RACHEL VAN DYKEN She seems to enjoy skiing; you can see it. When you want something too hard, it doesn't come out goo...
ANTE KOSTELIC I want to know how to make this girl laugh. I want to know what makes her cry. I want to know what i...
SIMONE ELKELES I never wanted there to be one (a service) because I never wanted to believe she was gone. But I hav...
CATHERINE HENDERSON I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a g...
SCOTT FOLEY I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying becau...
JOHN RITTER Watching her play a little bit the first few rounds, I thought Venus looked like she was playing wel...
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AMBER STEVENS Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
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CLINT EASTWOOD I saw Baby Spice and insisted on talking to her. I tapped her on the shoulder and stood there like a...
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LUCAS TILL I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into...
CONOR OBERST I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don't like, and you hate he...
ADELAIDE KANE With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do,...
CHRIS BROWN I only did it because she wanted to and asked me to come with her, ... I just really didn't want to ...
LINDA NORRIS Dorothy wanted to be treated like her white counterparts, ... and she suffered for it.
HALLE BERRY To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE She shrunk into herself and waited for me to stare at her like she was gross an dirty. But I just wa...
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LUKE PERRY We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also l...
KATIE MACALISTER …though I wouldn’t have admitted it, even to myself, I didn’t want God aboard. He was too heav...
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VENUS WILLIAMS it's better not to know.
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VENUS WILLIAMS It's what we thought we would always do, so it's a wonderful thing.
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TED WILLIAMS All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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HARLAND WILLIAMS It was such a pleasure to work with Eugene Levy. What a treat. That's a guy I grew up watching a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS If you were to come out and hang out with me, just having fun at a nightclub or a party, that's ...
HARLAND WILLIAMS In 'There's Something About Mary' and 'Dumb & Dumber,' I ended up improvisin...
HARLAND WILLIAMS What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for '...
HARLAND WILLIAMS I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, som...
HARLAND WILLIAMS I was walking around bored one day, and I started filming stuff with my cellphone. There are all the...
HARLAND WILLIAMS Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. W...
HARLAND WILLIAMS The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
HARLAND WILLIAMS I love seafood. Whenever I'm in Las Vegas, I love going to the Bellagio buffet because they have...
HARLAND WILLIAMS I think life would be so much funnier if every day you saw someone walking down the street getting h...
HARLAND WILLIAMS Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than peop...
IAN WILLIAMS It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'...
IAN WILLIAMS I'm too tasteful for my pants.
IAN WILLIAMS I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
IAN WILLIAMS I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I p...
IAN WILLIAMS I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
IAN WILLIAMS We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a nega...
IAN WILLIAMS I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably...
IAN WILLIAMS This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or somet...
IAN WILLIAMS Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
IAN WILLIAMS So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying ...
JOHN WILLIAMS Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by mysel...
RICKY WILLIAMS The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.
RICKY WILLIAMS As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there ...
RICKY WILLIAMS As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the...
RICKY WILLIAMS A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
RICKY WILLIAMS I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the streng...
RICKY WILLIAMS When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore ...
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