Cathy Freeman Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
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The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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I believe in a passion for inclusion.
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If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.
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At the Argentina game, how would you have guessed that Darren Anderton would have gone off with cramp?
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We have always been a great national party, with views on all the main issues. We recognise that what matters to people most are those things that affect their daily lives: schools, hospitals, transport and law and order and we have plenty to say about them.
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I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music… but the message is still there.
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When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.
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You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.
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People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
