John C. Reilly

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

American Actor

Lorne Greene

I finally got help after a tennis match with my wife. I couldn't hear her across the net. She finally smashed her racket against a rock. That got my attention. I didn't know I was going deaf, I thought people were talking too softly.

Canadian Actor

Novak Djokovic

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

Serbian Athlete

Victoria Pendleton

You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.

British Athlete

Max Weinberg

I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer.

American Musician

Gael Monfils

Make no mistake, shoes are very important, almost as important as the racket. You need to feel comfortable; you need to be supported by the shoes.

French Athlete

Smedley Butler

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.

American Soldier

Harry Reasoner

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.

American Journalist

Nick Tosches

Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket.

Joe Mantegna

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

Refers to sounds that are disruptive, often unexpectedly loud or chaotic.

Disturbing Noise

Used to voice irritation about noise, emphasizing the speaker's annoyance.

Express Frustration

Sometimes used for humor or to exaggerate how loud something really is.

Hyperbole

References unscrupulous or fraudulent dealings, often organized.

Criminal Activity

Implies hidden, shady dealings that are not immediately apparent.

Secret Operations

Often hints at a larger network or group involved, not just individuals.

Connotation of Scale

It's important to connect the racket to the correct sport; not all rackets are the same.

Specific Sport

Refers to a tangible item used in sports, distinct from the abstract noise or scheme.

Physical Object

Understanding the makeup of a racket can help visualize its use in the sport.

Racket Design

 and I was conscious of the fact that what my parents were giving me was something unique. Because all of my best school friends were getting dolled up to get married with a lot of dowry, and here I was with a tennis racket and going to school and doing all kinds of extracurricular activities. I thought I must tell you this. Why I said this, is the background.

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 really crazy the logic the reasoning was that they were a game of chance in that skill and thus gambling they're also viewed as a mob racket and just as morally corrupting evil almost satanic influence that would destroy children's minds it was a really just kind of crazy moral crisis and there was no greater

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 However, some people may need supplements. Another important factor for bone health is exercise. Mechanical loading stimulates the cells that build bone and muscles pulling on the bone may do this as well. In fact, any activity that puts stress on your bones, like walking, jogging, dancing, racket sports,

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 And it's mostly advertised for its motion-sensing so you can swing a tennis racket, or hit a baseball bat. But what actually interests me a lot more is the fact that in the tip of each controller is a relatively high-performing infrared camera.

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 allo beautiful lady ladies having a picnic classic summer yet bit of racket sports records based sports especially those prepared to expand their diet and who's this interesting character that is that's a bird with the legs of a witch

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 And by pretending that the giant imbalance in power between capital and labor doesn't exist, neoliberal economic theory became essentially a protection racket for the rich. The third assumption, and by far the most pernicious,

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 the list goes on. Metallic glasses also have an incredible ability to store and release elastic energy, which makes them perfect for sports equipment, like tennis racquets, golf clubs, and skis. They're resistant to corrosion,

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 Crips rackets include extortion gambling and drugs well that's the life of a convict you got to survive in this institution and basically survive when you're not free is by all means then and

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 the nest is a sure sign the orangutan spent the night here and the rescue team aren't short of young helpers but with this racket going on it's hard to

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 i pile branches and damp leaves until the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket