#use

I was giving a speech one time, and the woman who introduced me said, 'Well, she used to be J. D. Salinger's girlfriend. I thought, 'God, is that all I've been?' I didn't want to be reduced to that. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#girlfriend #giving #god #i #introduced

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was. ↗

— Willie Mays

#depends #every #games #got #how

Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#dressed #equal #ever #every #every man

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#beginning #career #i #in the beginning #just

I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#amateur #because #fighting #fights #fought

I'm always focused. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#focused #i

I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#being #bullied #did #elders #feeling

When I walk down the boardwalk,people stop me and say, 'Oh, your house is the one that glows.' ↗

— Mary Matalin

#down #glows #house #i #me

My husband came up to Hot Rocks to check up on me, why is still unknown to me because if I was to cheat on him it wouldn't be in a neighborhood bar where he knows I am. ↗

— Kim Mathers

#bar #because #came #cheat #check

And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didn't. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#college #finished #how #i #much