Natalie Portman Quotes

As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that.

Natalie Portman

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• A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
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• Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • May
  • Today
  • Parents

• My parents always supported me and complimented me on other things, not just my looks. They told me I was capable, that I was smart, that I was creative.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Parents
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• The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • America
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  • Free

• Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • World
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• Let's face it; people are doing everything online these days. So if they are going to watch my movies, I'm happy as long as it's being bought legally and being exhibited legally, as long as they are paying even a small fee for it. I'm just anti-piracy. If it's a legitimate way of watching film online, then I'm very happy.

  

  Vidya Balan
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• When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • Life
  • Up
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• I think becoming a scientist is the product of parents who gave me enormous opportunities to master nature.

  

  Barbara Block
  • Nature
  • Parents
  • Me

• Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Thinking
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• I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.

  

  Owen Hart
  • Up
  • Time
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• I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.

  

  Abbie Cornish
  • Time
  • Family
  • Love

• I love my garlic press; in fact, it is probably my one true desert island gadget. But I'm happy to put it aside whenever the smell and sweet taste of slow-cooked garlic is called for.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • True
  • Happy
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• Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.

  

  Kate Klise
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  • Writing
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• Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Work
  • Home
  • Happy

• There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home.

  

  C. Everett Koop
  • Good
  • Done
  • Home

• My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Life
  • Parents
  • Respect

• My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have such supportive parents.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Friends
  • Parents
  • Cool

• I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Life
  • May

• There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• When I eat a meal, I think of all the people whose labor has contributed to my nourishment, and that thought nourishes my appreciation. I hope it nourishes you too.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • People
  • Hope
  • Appreciation

• I would like to say to children, 'Don't stop drawing. Don't tell yourself you can't draw.' Everyone can draw. If you make a mark on a page, you can draw.

  

  Chris Riddell
  • Children
  • Stop
  • Drawing

• At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

  

  Keira Knightley
  • Time

• As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Happy
  • Parents
  • Society