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Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#actions #character #choose #circumstance #deal

All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#cities #climate #climate change #face #future

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. ↗

— Rita Dove

#end #geared #only #play #pleasure

I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#character #crying #embarrassing #emotions #end

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#brother #brother and sister #colleagues #friends #go

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#films #friends #houses #i #kids

It is because the administration is hostile to silver; and thus it is surrendering this country to the Shylocks of the Old World who have made war upon it. ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

#because #country #hostile #made #old

I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#going #i #i write #keep #leave

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#any #endeavour #failure #just #part

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#book #creative #day #during #feel