Cate Blanchett Quotes
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.
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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre abroad, I get a wage.
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I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't want to intrude on anybody's life, which is why there's very little specificity or names in the songs I write.
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You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compelled to perform live, and the business isn't the reason they're doing it. In fact, there isn't really a reason. You just do it.
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I have my own label which releases some very nice music, it’s called 99 Times out of 10 Records.
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People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.
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I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
