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 haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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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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I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.
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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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Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.
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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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You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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I want England to understand - the rest of the world to understand - what is going on in America. And I want America to understand what is going on in the rest of the world.
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I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.
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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.
