Olivia Wilde Quotes
At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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My career is a journey for me, and any journey is incomplete without the struggle.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I have a great office.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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We must resist the pressures of others to soundbite our complicated, nuanced experiences.
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It's a lot harder to get people to 'ooh' and 'aah' over beets and carrots than it is to get them to 'ooh' and 'aah' over artichokes or asparagus, and I enjoy being able to take these humble, 'lowbrow' foodstuffs up a few notches and serve them with great exuberance.
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A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.
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Our natural dispositions may be good; but we have been badly brought up, and are full of anti-social personal ambitions and prejudices and snobberies. Had we not better teach our children to be better citizens than ourselves? We are not doing that at present. The Russians are. That is my last word. Think over it.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
