Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean King
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- In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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