Charlize Theron Quotes
I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.
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White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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For me, as an actor, going from TV to film was interesting because TV and film are two very different things.
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I love to get out there and sweat and mix things up, whether I'm on the field or in the gym.
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I'm 58 years old. I got married for the first time - it's about time, right? Growing up as a gay woman, you just don't ever think about that, and then I thought, about 10 years ago, 'You know, I think within 10 years gay marriage will be legal.' And here we are, 10 years later, making it legal.
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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
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I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.
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I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.
