Natalie Portman Quotes
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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New York, in itself, has this frenzied, chaotic feeling to it. It's such a big city, and it's always moving, and there are so many people.
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
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Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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I hope there are going to be plenty of more roles to come.
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
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I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on 'The Real Housewives'.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
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In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of individuals (Arab or Muslim) be trampled upon, or that populations are targeted and discriminated against in the name of the war against terrorism.
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There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
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Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
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Never judge a work of art by its defects.
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The most important thing is that, when you work with somebody, you build a rapport with that person. They have a certain trust in you. You don't have to explain that much. It's very hard when you photograph someone who's a fresh face and then you don't work with them again for six months. All these people I work with over and over again have qualities that I love. There's something very free about them or there are some slight imperfections about them. I think the more you work with someone, the pictures get better and better.
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I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself.
