Carice van Houten Quotes
It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
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I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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When I was 5, I did a commercial for Whirlpool sitting on a tree stump eating a popsicle that dripped all over my clothes.
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I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, Good companies survive them, Great companies are improved by them.
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My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
