Cathy Freeman Quotes
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The growth model China has relied on for the last 30 years - one predicated on low-cost exports to the rest of the world and investment in resource intensive heavy manufacturing - is unlikely to serve it well in the next 30 years.
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Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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My music does say a lot about me and what I went through. All the songs are about things I have gone through and what I am thinking. I wrote about my family, friends and boys, of course, and about life.
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
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I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.
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All of us must recognise that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st Century.
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And as I’ve said elsewhere, a free press helps make a nation stronger and more successful, and it makes us leaders more effective because it demands greater accountability.
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Abusing the prosperous in order to curry the favor of the envious, is an old game that still works better than it should.
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All you do is head straight for the grave, a face just covers a skull awhile. Stretch that skull-cover and smile.
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Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.
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Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.
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It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.
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Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake.
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When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
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Peace, unity and harmony!