Cate Blanchett Quotes

I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.

Cate Blanchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

FatherDeathWhyActorTouchBecome

The written word is everything.

John Drinkwater

EverythingWordWrittenWritten Word

There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.

Simon Helberg

ParentsMomentsYouHumanHeroes

What is so attractive about Uganda for missionaries is that they have free rein. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, the parliament.

Roger Ross Williams

FreeGoAttractiveHospitalsPlease

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.

Ronnie Corbett

FunnyThoughtsFeelComedySay

My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station wagon that had 80,000 miles on it, and I had put 40,000 miles on it, so by the time it retired it had 120,000, and I basically killed it. It served me well, and my mechanic was always very angry with me because I just didn't properly care for it.

Mike Birbiglia

MotherCarTimeAngryMeCare

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.

Mohamed ElBaradei

IntegrityPeaceSecurityMatter

I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.

Lisel Mueller

HistoryCultureI AmWarWorldBack

To be able to experience a thousand different lives within my lifetime is something that always appealed to me. I wasn't content with just being one person for the rest of my life.

Douglas Booth

LifeExperienceMeRestMy Life

If my hands get cold, I'll go inside to warm them up and basically never come back out. I'm a little wimp.

Chloe Kim

ColdWarmHandsBackGoNever

The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and greater faculties. And so the soul climbs upward into the light eternal. And there is no fear for any child of man, for inevitably he climbs towards God.

Annie Besant

NatureFearGodLightSoulMan

I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.

Peter Singer

ExerciseLyingAlwaysSeeMayRule

A line drawn with love can make us as vulnerable as what the line depicts.

Sheila Heti

LoveLineUsMakeDrawnVulnerable

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Cate Blanchett