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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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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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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Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket potato.
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As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.
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I always know I'm going to lose my job. It's either going to be canceled next week or next year or nine years from now, but I always know my job is going to go.
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Everybody in the government with whom I emailed knew that I was using a personal email, and I have said it would have been a better choice to have had two separate email accounts. And I've also tried to not only take responsibility, because it was my decision, but to be as transparent as possible.
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Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those "we'll go there next time" deferrals. The sad thing is, for many there is no "next time" because passing on the chance to cross over is an overall attitude toward life rather than a single decision.
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Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do anything creative. They shrug and claim that they 'have no talent.' They say things like, 'Don't quit your day job' or 'Leave it to the professionals.' In the steampunk subculture, I don't hear those things.
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I love men's wear.
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I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.
