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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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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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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For restaurants that have a minimum gratuity charge on large groups, the IRS will now count those tips as regular wages rather than traditional tips that we are all familiar with when we dine out. Ask any server, and they will tell you that this will directly affect their day-to-day lifestyle.
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There are situations where you are left robbed of all quality of life, and I believe it is entirely up to you how you want to deal with that. You can follow the dictates of religion if that is what you believe in, or you can take a personal decision.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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Do you suppose the human race invented boredom to make the prospect of death more palatable?
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When I'm directing, I noticed I'm not using my subconscious at all. I'm literally using the whole front part of my brain all the time. When you walk on the set, every moment you have to be there because something's going on that requires attention.
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I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.
