Charlize Theron Quotes

People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.

Charlize Theron

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• I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!

  

  Iggy Azalea
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  • Dark
  • Horse

• The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Politics
  • Bible
  • Sin

• We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Trying
  • Knowledge
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• There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
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• I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

  

  Washed Out
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• My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.

  

  Laura Mvula
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• Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.

  

  Nate Berkus
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• One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'

  

  Ram Charan
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• Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

  

  Adam Grant
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• After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.

  

  Vikram Seth
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• I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
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• When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

  

  Patrick Henry
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• For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship, where I'll be like, 'Okay, this is nice, I know what's going to happen in a month,' it's probably better to date outside the industry. But you can't help who you fall for. It's our dating pool.

  

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• I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Listen
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• My best friend is my husband.

  

  Samantha Bond
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• I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.

  

  Naomi Watts
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• The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

  

  Patricia Marx
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• Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and anger.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Life
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• All man has to do is cooperate with the big forces, the sun, the rain, the growing urge. Seeds sprout, stems grow, leaves spread in the sunlight. Man plants, weeds, cultivates and harvests. It sounds simple, and it is simple, with the simplicity of great truths.

  

  Hal Borland
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• Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.

  

  Hal David
  • Today
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• To develop your own voice, you have to keep writing a ton, and this is something where I think Twitter is helpful. I use it to write a ton of jokes. You have to write a ton of bad stuff before you know what you're good at. And that's what some people I think have trouble with, the thought of getting past the bad stuff.

  

  Megan Amram
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• People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.

  

  Charlize Theron
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