Olivia Wilde Quotes
When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup.
Quotes to Explore
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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I find that men are far more vain than women.
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Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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Comedians paint ourselves into corners all the time, and tastes in comedy change. The guy in 'The Hangover' was a really fun character to do, and it was easy to do. But you have to find other things because audiences will let you do that for a little bit, and then they're like, 'What else do you have for us, monkey?'
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.
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I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.
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I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have hot water. We were four children: three girls and a boy.
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It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.
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I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.
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I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
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In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. Nobody knows that - but now I've said it, haven't I? I'm strictly a shower singer at the minute.
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When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup.
