Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.
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The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.
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I take stuff because I'm inspired by it.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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I don't spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
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I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
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On television, everyone talks and they don't care about the mechanics.
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Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There are a ton of great movies that don't get in and go on and do wonderfully.
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Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.
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I've been making music for a long time, but I've been waiting to do it right, because I don't want people to think it's just a stepping stone in my career. A lot of actors go that route as a way of building their careers. I don't want it to be seen as that.
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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.
