Natalie Portman Quotes
I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.
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When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
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If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't the right career for you.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured souls who are stained with the stink of the city and who have blood on their hands. They are real, live people that are incredibly entertaining.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
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I want to believe that bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible for the 9/11 attacks, but now I have doubts. If they were responsible, I am beginning to think it was not without some knowledge of those impending attacks on our side.
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I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.
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Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
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Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting.
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I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.
