Charlize Theron Quotes
I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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While I was writing 'Stick Out Your Tongue' in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again. As soon as I finished the book, I moved to Hong Kong so that I could work undisturbed on my next novel.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
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I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.
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I can't write a book like 'Lamb' or 'Fool' every year. It just takes too much research and craft.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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If you ever watched 'Hercules,' you can see that it was made in a comical way for the most part. I remember getting lots of letters from kids around the world saying that the show helped them curb their temper and not look for trouble and just walk away from it because that was the stronger thing to do.
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.
