Cate Blanchett Quotes
You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want differences of opinion... constructively.
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Just look at 'K-pop' - who would've expected American fans to embrace it? It's really cool to be one of those artists who can break through the American market. I'm not trying to conquer America; I just want to make music and see if people like it.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman.
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
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I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music.
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If the books are selling, the money will follow.
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My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
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The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
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But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.
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It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.
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O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
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I call my balls the bush twins.
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No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.
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There are three things we have no control over: our birth; our emotions, if we're sincere; and our death.
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You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want differences of opinion... constructively.
