Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
There are about 100 Aboriginal communities in Australia, and I'm trying to visit as many as possible to learn as much as I can.
Quotes to Explore
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President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
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The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.
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I get very confused about being called a comedian, because when you say 'I'm a comedian,' people expect you to crack a joke. Maybe I use laughter and humour to make people think. I don't know what you call that - a humourist? A satirist? A pessimistic comedian? I don't know. Satirists can be very dark.
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When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.
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For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am.
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Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
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A 'farm' today means 100,000 chickens in a space the size of a Motel 6 shower stall.
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I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot.
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I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.
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Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
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Instead of exhausting ourselves trying to reshape the world to fit our dreams, we are better off using our strength to comfort one another in a world that is almost certain to mock our dreams and break our hearts.
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There are about 100 Aboriginal communities in Australia, and I'm trying to visit as many as possible to learn as much as I can.
