Betty Cuthbert Quotes
My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.
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When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I chose the Xperia based on its functions. Apart from using the phone to communicate, I also use it to take pictures. The image quality with this cell phone is great.
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I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.
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To some extent, the act of creation and the act of selling are hard to disentangle. If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
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I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.
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Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand.
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When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.
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Equal Vision seems to be doing really well. A lot of these major labels are just imploding and becoming indie labels, anyway.
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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My family is more important than my party.
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I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
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The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.
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The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.
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Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.
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The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the head of the government should not exceed a postage stamp in size. No torture and no executions. No music, except coming through earphones, or played in theaters. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of art.
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I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise!
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My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.
