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Small: It was like a classic thing with Emma. So I walked in and I slammed the door and everything fell off the wall
"It was like a classic thing with Emma. So I walked in and I slammed the door and everything fell off the wall on the set. It was my second or third scene and I was so embarrassed and scared and so nervous about what everyone would say, but everyone just packed up laughing"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked
"I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: I didnt expect to get it at all. I just went along to the audition for the experience
"I didn't expect to get it at all. I just went along to the audition for the experience"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: I always watched the show thinking, Wouldnt it be great to be a member?, but I never thought it would happen
"I always watched the show thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to be a member?', but I never thought it would happen"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where youre packing up
"Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you're packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft
"The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft"
Lawrence Hargrave, Scientist
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Small: In the tail above the giant resonance, you can get not just one neutron emitted but two, three, four or five,
"In the tail above the giant resonance, you can get not just one neutron emitted but two, three, four or five, and so there are a lot of things one can measure, looking at the competition with the emission of neutrons and protons and so on"
John Henry Carver, Physicist
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Small: Ive been taking longer to write stories lately
"I've been taking longer to write stories lately"
Greg Egan, Scientist
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Small: I hadnt given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once yo
"I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before"
Greg Egan, Scientist
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Small: Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes its easier for new writers to sell
"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely"
Greg Egan, Scientist
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Small: We were great mates. We didnt really go out together because we never really had the time to go out. But we we
"We were great mates. We didn't really go out together because we never really had the time to go out. But we were with each other all the time anyway because we were working all the time. We could sit down and talk for hours, and we still can. We just understood each other"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: I couldnt sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, Shes cute, but she cant sing ver
"I couldn't sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, 'She's cute, but she can't sing very well' and he said, 'I know. We'll teach her. I just want her on the show'"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself
Dawn Fraser
"The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself"
Dawn Fraser, Athlete
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Small: Ive worked hard all my life
Dawn Fraser
"I've worked hard all my life"
Dawn Fraser, Athlete
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Small: I feel like Ive been marinated in Australian theatre
"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre"
Cate Blanchett, Actress
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Small: Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult
"Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult"
David Wenham, Actor
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Small: I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - t
"I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy"
David Wenham, Actor
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Small: Although important nuclear physics work was to go on in laboratories such as ours had become - and we had to c
"Although important nuclear physics work was to go on in laboratories such as ours had become - and we had to cut down to a lower energy group - it was not fundamentally opening up new insights on the structure of matter. That required you to be in a higher league"
John Henry Carver, Physicist
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Small: Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye t
"Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them"
Cate Blanchett, Actress
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Small: If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously
"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously"
Cate Blanchett, Actress
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Small: Im one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset
"I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset"
Cate Blanchett, Actress
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Small: I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. Im always amazed how much people ta
"I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction"
Cate Blanchett, Actress
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Small: My boyfriends idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, Go
Claudia Black
"My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all"
Claudia Black, Actress
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Small: We also listen to PJ Harvey a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car
"We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car"
Brody Armstrong, Musician
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Small: I guess to just keep playing music to just keep outdoing the last record
"I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record"
Brody Armstrong, Musician
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Small: I wasnt actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I c
"I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her"
Joan Sutherland, Musician
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Small: When you meet someone for the first time, thats not the whole book. Thats just the first page
"When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page"
Brody Armstrong, Musician
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Small: A drummer is usually like the backbone
"A drummer is usually like the backbone"
Brody Armstrong, Musician
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Small: In opera, everyones watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage
"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film"
Bruce Beresford, Director
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Small: At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films
"At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films"
Bruce Beresford, Director
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Small: People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world
"People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world"
Cathy Freeman, Athlete
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Small: I like being in the workforce it keeps me grounded
"I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded"
Cathy Freeman, Athlete
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Small: I dont like people looking at me I hate the attention
"I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention"
Cathy Freeman, Athlete
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Small: I didnt get upset because I wasnt nominated, but I was a little surprised
"I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised"
Bruce Beresford, Director
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Small: It was like an older but better version of Young Talent Time because we had more time to spend on it.
"It was like an older but better version of Young Talent Time because we had more time to spend on it. There were three guys and three girls and we made thirteen episodes that were sold in the United States and Canada"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: I knew at the time that that wasnt the part I would be doing, they just wanted a screentest so they could have
"I knew at the time that that wasn't the part I would be doing, they just wanted a screentest so they could have a look at it to show to the directors and producers. Then they wrote a part for me or maybe they already had it in mind, I don't know"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: Im so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run
"I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run"
Cathy Freeman, Athlete
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Small: I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the
"I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are"
Cathy Freeman, Athlete
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Small: Since Ive been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think its really empowering and positive towar
"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold"
Dannii Minogue, Musician
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Small: You cant be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so its not a concern of mine
"You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine"
Cate Blanchett, Actress
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