#all

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#around #assigned #bahrain #been #consequences

Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall. ↗

— Abdul Qadeer Khan

#against #all day #banging #day #doing

We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured. It was just there. It was very raw. I don't think the industry would allow that to happen again. ↗

— Ben E. King

#allow #asked #cent #doing #feeling

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#fall #first #first time #get #girl

Boys, the longer you wait to get my requested prehistoric attack dogs, the more chance we have of people we care about getting hurt, more hurt, or killed. Oh, and don't hurt the alligators--they're a protected species. ↗

— Gini Koch

#humor #humor

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#beginning #finally #get #infancy #passage

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#because #change #day #ever #i

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#celebrating #differences #first #important #just

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! ↗

— Billie Jean King

#athletes #dates #easily #getting #just

We influence singing but never really songwriting. ↗

— Charles King

#never #really #singing #songwriting