Cathy Freeman Quotes

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

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• Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.

  

  Felix Adler
  • Experience
  • Intellect
  • Dogma

• You can cage the singer but not the song.

  

  Harry Belafonte
  • Song
  • You
  • Singer

• If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.

  

  Tana French
  • Writing
  • Mind
  • Character

• Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Think
  • Courage
  • Weakness

• I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • People
  • Me
  • Walking

• In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.

  

  Gary Cooper
  • Girl
  • Horse
  • Kiss

• Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Time
  • Rock
  • New York

• Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Want
  • Know
  • Always

• I floated around in the department of biochemistry and learned some interesting things, and then I began to... I never wanted to work with a mentor because I always wanted to have my own reputation and be free to do what I wanted to do. So I worked with the weakest people in the department. Don't make that public.

  

  Irwin Rose
  • People
  • Work
  • Free

• I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • Life
  • May
  • Nature

• I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a writer as well. In improv, you will fail sometimes, so it teaches you to be brave and try anything. The worst that can happen is nobody laughs.

  

  Carly Craig
  • Me
  • City
  • Brave

• In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • People
  • Good
  • Real

• I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Important
  • American
  • Think

• I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • High
  • Uniform

• Our awareness gap and the fuzziness about how people might understand Ulta today is a ripe opportunity for us as we think about going forward. I imagine this is like almost relaunching the brand of Ulta.

  

  Mary Dillon
  • People
  • Today
  • Opportunity

• I often think of the novel as a form that celebrates social groups, and the short story being a form that is capable of celebrating an individual or a sort of insular little pair of people.

  

  Antonya Nelson
  • People

• I went to college at University of Tennessee.

  

  Paula Pell
  • College

• I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned.

  

  Colin Mochrie

• Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.

  

  Pierce Brosnan

• No matter how much money you make, no matter how famous you are, you're not above going outside and cutting trees. I do it all the time.

  

  Bill Goldberg
  • Time
  • Money
  • Famous

• To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • Singer
  • Heritage
  • Wales

• After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude.

  

  Phillip Noyce
  • Children
  • Real
  • Taken

• When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and stuffed animals, pretend like they're real dogs.

  

  Elle Fanning
  • Real
  • Home
  • Baby

• My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

  

  Cathy Freeman
  • Real
  • Race
  • Lasts