Olivia Wilde Quotes
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My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like.
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When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.
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I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.
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I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.
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Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.
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You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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In a relationship I'm a very loving person, emotional and sensitive.
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This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I leave the gym and my eyebrows aren't done; I'm just very uncomfortable with myself.
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If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.