Cathy Freeman Quotes
Being overseas at the time it all kind of happened was perfect because I had no idea that it was going to attract so much media attention and provoke these lovely people calling in and offering up their opinions and advice.

Quotes to Explore
-
I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.
-
I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
-
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
-
I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
-
The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
-
If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
-
It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
-
I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
-
Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
-
Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
-
To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
-
When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
-
Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
-
All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.
-
I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.
-
I was born in Bangkok in 1968 and grew up in Southeast Asia with my Thai mom and my American father, who first came to the region to fight in Vietnam and stayed to work assisting refugees.
-
Sometimes I feel so separated, you know? The Kardashians over here, the Jenners over here, little me in the middle. We've got to keep the family going.
-
Life is too short to rush around and be too busy for your kids.
-
There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.
-
I can't take the theater side out of myself.
-
Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
-
Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
-
Being overseas at the time it all kind of happened was perfect because I had no idea that it was going to attract so much media attention and provoke these lovely people calling in and offering up their opinions and advice.