A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.
When I'm on the court, it's like I'm in heaven.
My grandma always said bad things don't last forever.
I did some things I regret, and I know there are people who think they know me. I've heard the things they say, and some of them are hurtful.
You've got to play with pride and guts.
We're all products of our environment. The key is not to fall.
You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That's a road we don't want to go down.
I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.
Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.
My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now.