Carice van Houten Quotes
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I accept you, and you get the same respect from me whether you are black, white, gay straight, Asian, bisexual, Australian, tall, fat, whatever it is. We are all people, and I look at the people of the world the same way, as my brothers and sisters.
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Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun!
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I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
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At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed over 90 percent. That's why they can cope with their environment very easily after birth - faster than us, anyway. But in humans, we continue to grow our brains. That's why we need care from our parents.
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I look formidable.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I think every film I make that puts characters in jeopardy is me purging my own fears, sadly only to re-engage with them shortly after the release of the picture. I'll never make enough films to purge them all.
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I'm really, really blessed. Not only am I blessed to have found that I love making films, but I'm also insanely blessed to be able to do it. I have to remind myself that when I'm complaining.
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I come from Holland, and there's a lot of nudity in film there.
