Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
After I was fortunate enough to achieve my dreams on the court, I have done my best to, in turn, help young people achieve theirs.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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You know, I've just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work more in drama, but I have been floating back and forth with comedy, and somehow they keep giving me jobs in comedy, so I guess there's something funny about me.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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There is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It's the intense effort, the giving of everything you've got. It's really a very pleasant sensation.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.
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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
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I loved 'Pan's Labyrinth.' It transported me into another world. I like fantasy worlds; I love 'Lord of the Rings' as well, for that reason, because you really get to get out of reality and go somewhere else.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing more or less than going back to an origin and staying there. It stands for one founding book and, thereafter, no more books.
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Americans look at the Middle East as a source of trauma because of 9/11. At the same time, I could see the fear going on in the Middle East as well - which would be the next country to be invaded or sanctioned? Being around those tensions was traumatic for me.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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If she undervalue me,What care I how fair she be?
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To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
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I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
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After I was fortunate enough to achieve my dreams on the court, I have done my best to, in turn, help young people achieve theirs.
