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 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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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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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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My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.
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I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will tell you, happy songs are a million times more difficult to write than sad songs.
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The khaleesi seems the most fair.
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When I finally held the trophy, it was just how I imagined it would be.
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Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to that choke, then you're going to surprise people. However, that will only happen one time, because once it gets used that one time, everyone will see that and start to train for it.
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One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.
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My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to lift you up - not to be escapist but to take you out of misery.
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Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.
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In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.
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You’re just the boy who cries love. Well, I hope you have fun.
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I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
