Carice van Houten Quotes
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I love heavy music. I keep Flume nice and melodic, so I save the angry, testosterone-fueled heavy stuff for What So Not. I think it's a good defining thing for the two projects.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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If I see somebody dancing really well, it can make me want to dance. Or it could be the music. But perhaps the thing I miss the most is that when you're dancing, everyday concerns vanish. It's a unique world.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.
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I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
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The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.
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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
