Nicole Kidman (Nicole Mary Kidman) Quotes
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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By trade, I am a software programmer, so I never really had any experience with movies before. I started out with 'Paranormal Activity.'
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
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Cricket is my passion; it is my first love. So I will not act in my movies, as they will just be a side business for me.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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I love Niecy Nash. I would take a vacation with the lady. She is just delightful.
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I still believe in love. I believe in marriage.
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On the PBS recording of 'The Light in the Piazza' backstage, you get to see me doing some sweet lunges down the hallway of the Vivian Beaumont.
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It is like visiting one's funeral, like visiting loss in its purest and most monumental form, this wild darkness, which is not only unknown but which one cannot enter as oneself.
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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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To be a fan is to be curious, and to be curious is to have openness... Part of being a fan is to allow 360 degrees of experience - to immerse without judgment. It's like a really fearless step forward into new experience. There's something that feels very timeless about fandom.
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People are looking for a leader independent of powerful, wealthy special interests that always push to the front of the line.
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It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of natural affection which would make them good wives and mothers. Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands they will be cunning, mean, and selfish.
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In my heart I'm independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
