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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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
