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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It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.
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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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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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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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I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off.
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I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.
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I am struck by the curious reflection that if everything is inevitable, as our élites tell us, well then we don't really need them. After all, this is the biggest and most expensive élite in history. Either they should do their job or make way.
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We were trailing at the three mile point. The guys picked it up in the last two miles and we were able to pull it off.
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A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.
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The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
