Cathy Freeman Quotes
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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One thing a lot of people don't know about Fun. was that the three of us all came from 10 years of touring with our own projects. That's how we met, actually.
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I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible!
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I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment?
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Every DC or Marvel property is constantly getting reinvented because we love these characters. They're so iconic, and we want to watch them over and over again.
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for three or four years - if you have not passed on most of the stuff you know in that time, then you are not doing a good job.
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Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
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I, and others like me - trap stars - we always considered ourselves Robin Hoods: we go out and get the money. Just think, if you was in the village and you a hunter, you take pride in going out to hunt the prey and bring it back for the village to eat. In our situation, we took pride in getting money so that the hood could eat.
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I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system.
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The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
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Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure.
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If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.
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They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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There's no chance of cheering him up, sir. He likes being miserable, so he does, and the bastard will get over it.
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Sundance is like a genre.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.
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I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.
