Olivia Wilde Quotes
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
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The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
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Act because you love to act.
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Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
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I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally.
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Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.
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Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
