Cate Blanchett Quotes
I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.
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I enjoy my life.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
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Touch'd either the Passions of Rage or Grief to a Miracle.
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When I left my home to become an actress, my father didn't give me a single penny. I struggled a lot, and they had no idea what I went through. My grandfather even asked me to drop my surname when he learnt I was joining films.
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When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that.
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Most of the sicknesses we suffer from are from the things we eat.
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II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, so I know what that's like to grow up in a culture that's not your own.
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Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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They never lynch children, babies, no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance.
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'All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' 'I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman; 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.'
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I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles.
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In many ways, the South can be very traditional and confining. And what is interesting to me is how women find their way around it. Those obstacles create an amazing sense of humor, of fun, and, ultimately, of integrity. The fiercest and savviest women I have ever known are the women I grew up with.
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Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.
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I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.
