Quotes About Sydney Olympics

#1. Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the opening of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia.

Olivia Newton-John

#2. I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

Marion Jones

#3. I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Natalie Du Toit

#4. When you turn up for work, especially with looking down the barrel of a show, you're hoping the person you're acting opposite of is going to be on your kind of crazy wavelength.

Raza Jaffrey

#5. It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Graeme Murphy

#7. Is there nothing you want so desperately that you'd be willing to do anything in order to acquire it?

Lorraine Heath

#8. It is never wise to turn aside from knowing, however the knowing comes.

Mary Stewart

#9. Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China. It was thwarted in its attempt to hold the 2000 Olympics, which, as a result of American-led pressure, was awarded to Sydney.

Martin Jacques

#10. I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book.

Kate DiCamillo

#11. How can we be so utterly perfect, and you chose the douche who doesn't have the first clue what he has?

Melissa A. Craven

#12. My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

Cathy Freeman

#13. I'm a Baha'i; we really believe in Baha'i faith that our work has to be our service, especially in the arts.

Justin Baldoni

#14. I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that's OK, because I still get to tell people I've worked with Robert DeNiro.

Rene Russo

#15. And what is true of a shop-keeper is true of a shop-keeping nation.

Josiah Tucker