Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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Female influence came from my grandmother and my aunt. They would sing Corsican love songs while cleaning the house and dress all in black and say melodramatic things like: 'I want to die.'
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Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.
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When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well.
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I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.
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I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.
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It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
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Education is the key to the future.
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I was brought up by parents who embraced the 1960s and taught me that being faithful isn't the be-all and end-all.
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Don't let people see when you're mad - just smile and laugh.
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I'm just excited to see myself on billboards. I'm getting ready to be a star.
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Despite the volume of 'junk' mail that students receive each year, companies that have an interest in selling their product to students say direct mailing is a key to their success.
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I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.
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Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.
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I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
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I was sent to boarding school at the age of ten. I think Mummy was trying to protect me in her own way, trying to spare me living through the day-to-day reality of her illness.
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Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
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Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.
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I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
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I just wanted to play tennis. I started because I wanted to pick up another sport and then as I was slowly getting better I wanted to see how far I can go but I always wanted to be myself. I wanted to be original. I didn't want to copy anybody's style.
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I'll get married when I'm sick of tennis.
