Cathy Freeman Quotes

Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.

Cathy Freeman

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My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.

Jimmy Butler

LifeSchoolPeopleMeMomStory

I'm from this working class town on the fringes of the rural aspects of Lancashire.

Joe Gilgun

ClassRuralWorkingTownAspects

A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.

Michael Foot

EggSittingRoyalChinaHen

At times I make music, but in private.

Stella McCartney

MusicMakePrivateTimes

I have very fond memories of growing up in Greece, of my brothers and I causing chaos and climbing up trees, which is really cool. Back then, we didn't have all the video games and all that stuff. We just had each other, and we played on the street.

Tracy Spiridakos

MemoriesCoolGrowing UpChaosTrees

The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.

Rudolf Arnheim

CountrySpiceOverArtsGiveAccent

Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed.

Mary Gordon

GreatWaitingVocationDispossessed

The first videos I uploaded on my own personal channel were videos of dogs.

Michelle Phan

PersonalMy OwnFirstDogsOwnWere

I put my best foot forward to make the best impression I could have, and it's been serving me well ever since.

Michael Stuhlbarg

BestMeForwardServingImpression

I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history.

Michael McKean

HistoryMomentThinkImportantTV

I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't know how I could do that in modelling when it can be such a fake world. But my dad told me I could make a difference by being true to myself and teaching people what I've learnt about spirituality, health and nutrition.

Miranda Kerr

HealthMyselfPeopleMeWorldFake

I don't get the jitters and I don't get nervous, because I build that comfort on set for myself. Sometimes if I'm gonna do something really crazy, it helps me to yell or look like an idiot on set, so that when I'm about to do a scene, I've already embarrassed myself. I find ways to work around getting the jitters.

Logan Lerman

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