Cathy Freeman Quotes
I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.
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Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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I was born and raised in Louisiana - a small town called Ferriday, north of Baton Rouge.
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I had been in a motorcycle accident and I'd been hurt, but I recovered. Truth was that I wanted to get out of the rat race. Having children changed my life and segregated me from just about everybody and everything that was going on. Outside of my family, nothing held any real interest for me and I was seeing everything through different glasses.
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'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
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You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.
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Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.
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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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I think that people have a very strict perception of what a pop artist is.
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Learning how to be a good parent was easy in the end because I'd basically had the What Not To Do manual.
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I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.
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I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.
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I find significance in all kinds of small details when I run; I'm hyper aware of my surroundings, the sensations in my body, and the thoughts running through my mind. Everything is clearer, heightened.
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I have some very dear friends I stalk consistently when I come home.
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There is also somehow the idea that this gay thing is all just about indulgence in carnal pleasure. When I was twenty and felt that nobody could know I was gay, I was having sex with strangers in public parks. I don't think it was evil exactly, but it wasn't so great either. There was nobody particularly benefiting from it, except, I suppose, to the extent that it gave some pleasure to me and perhaps whomever I was with.
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I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
