Cathy Freeman Quotes
For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
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I started out doing musicals.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
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Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.
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I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.
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Do I have to use my feet? Can I knock the window out with my head?
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I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win.
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Sometimes, if I don't write for a day or two, I get backed up - it's like constipation.
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If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.
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I think there is an opportunity now that never existed before. This is due to a combination of public opinion in Israel, my commitment and the understanding and hopefully future support of President George W. Bush.
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For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!
