Cathy Freeman Quotes
I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.
Quotes to Explore
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.
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Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.
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I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
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I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
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People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
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I just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing.
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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So many of the optimists in the world don't own a hundred dollars, and because of their optimism, never will.
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I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
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Yoga is just good for you.
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I'm going to keep making films I believe in. Whether I am successful or not is besides the point.
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It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been written by dead Europeans. But every time I saw 'The Outsiders', I knew better. It was the first time I'd realized that real people write books.
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I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.
