Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.
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Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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I definitely have family on the brain.
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It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
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My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
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You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a kind word for obsession.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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I was totally offended when people said we were like *Nsync. I've got nothing against them. I know those guys. But comparing us was lame. It was apples and oranges.
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I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway.
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Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
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I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.
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My wife and I are raising five children, and it's tough between two people, let alone with one that's working full-time and is stressed out and coming home to a lot of difficulties.
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This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.
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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
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Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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If a close ally of Iran like Syria went to Iran and said, 'This peace is in our interest,' what do you think would they do? I can tell you they have never opposed any of our peace moves since 1991.
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What I like so much about Corot is that he can say everything with a bit of tree; and it was Corot himself that I found [back] in the museum of Naples - in the simplicity of the work of Pompeii and the Egyptians. These priestesses in their silver-grey tunics are just like Corot's nymphs.
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Our main concern is to reduce mercury. We look at it clearly as a toxic chemical. We've been doing more testing around the state in streams and lakes and fish, and we're finding more of it.
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Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest.
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I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.
