Dawn Fraser Quotes
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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When the iPhone came out, every CIO in America said, 'You're not bringing that into our corporate environment,' my CIO included.
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If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.
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Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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Basically I can't sleep without every single song I'm writing repeating endlessly, but I'm loving it again. Embracing the torture, as I'm assaulted by my own thoughts. Like a locust giving birth to earworms. Eeeeew!
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The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
