Cathy Freeman Quotes
The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.
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I'm sure it's why I'm such an odd duck in my feminist generation, because I've always been equally fair to men.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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I'm not in this sport to take punishment.
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War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime.
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Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was cold and there.
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For states in demographic decline with ever more lavish social programs, the question is a simple one: Can they get real? Can they grow up before they grow old? If not, then they'll end their days in societies dominated by people with a very different worldview.
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Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing.
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I also wanted Parker to operate in the Internet age without losing being Parker. He's always operated in the world without really being with the world, and cyberspace means that the rest of us are more and more living the same way.
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The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.
