Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there; I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England.
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We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
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I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.
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Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.
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I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
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'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well.
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I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.
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The documentary 'Certifiably Jonathan' has engrossing moments in it. How can it not? It's got a great subject - the extraordinarily voluble comedian Jonathan Winters, whose constant rush of words can be like a blizzard: beautiful, maddening, exhausting, and finally beautiful again. But it's not a great film.
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The fact that terrorists have yet again targeted not U.S. or UK troops but an international organization... shows the depth of depravity to which they stoop.
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What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.
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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.
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The positions are probably at this point so enormous. Most people are up to their limit.
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Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.
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You have the strength to push back against what others are making you think or do. You use that muscle of confidence. In the same way, joy is from the inside out, and not letting the things on the outside define you.
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Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.
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I enjoy just the raw human visceral reaction of jumping into the arena and just swinging the hammer and seeing what is left over afterwards. Twitter is just modern-day gladiatorial combat.
