Cathy Freeman Quotes
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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.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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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.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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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.
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I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.
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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.
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In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
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I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.
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I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.
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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.
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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.
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I went to college at University of Tennessee.
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I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned.
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Where the bricks are fallen We will build with new stone Where the beams are rotten We will build with new timbers Where the word is unspoken We will build with new speech There is work together A Church for all And a job for each Every man to his work.
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Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, they disproportionately benefit wealthier Americans.
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Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence.
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He had never acted in his life, and couldn't play the pin in Pinafore.
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Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.
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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
