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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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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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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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 can't be a role model. I just can't be.
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I have such pride in furthering the American musical and using it as a way to tell story.
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My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.
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Fear shuts people down. When you feel safe, your brain is free to soar. When you feel in danger, your brain goes into survival mode, not peak performance mode. Too many people feel unsafe at work, under toxic pressures, and stretched too thin. They are literally about to snap. Within an atmosphere of trust and what I call connection, a supervisor can create conditions under which people's brains can set aside fear and fly high.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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I was very happy to learn Oliver Stone had decided to make a film about Edward Snowden and believe this is a powerful and inspiring film.
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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.
