Cate Blanchett Quotes
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Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director's assistant on the film 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' which Oprah produced.
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I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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It's good to be proud of your heritage and your culture, but pride can be perverted.
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I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.
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You really can't turn on TLC without seeing us.
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Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product.
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I've actually enjoyed pitching on the road in the postseason. You go out there, and you're getting booed, and it's fun to try to silence the crowd.
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Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that - maybe that's why I'm fascinated by guns.
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The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
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Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.
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I never had time to dream about being anyone else.
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If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.
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I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, had you said it was going to happen no one would have believed you. The system seemed powerful and unbreakable. Suddenly overnight it blew away like dust.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.
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When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.
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I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance.
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I'm not well read.
