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Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God. ↗

— John Hines

#effective #even #expects #god #long

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life. ↗

— John Hines

#death #engage #enter #fact #inescapable

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#always #chase #court #everybody #grew

I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#because #better #bit #boycott #deserve

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#glad #i #much #other #prettier

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#better #chance #given #i #little

I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#i #lived #speak #switzerland #years

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#hockey #horseback #i #like #now

Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#because #come #else #give #i

That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#because #course #florida #i #jealousy