Natalie Portman Quotes
Obviously, in a friendship there are always things, good and bad, that go on between people. You can't take away what's already happened. And if it's something that's really terrible, I think you have to forget about the friendship.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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If you can believe it, I had no intentions of being a wrestler.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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I think I draw my inspiration from a lot of conversations that I had with people or my friends and combine them together with my own personal experience.
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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
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My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
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I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.
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I'm a terrible sleeper because I work all the time. I stay up late almost every night working, whether it's on a TV or live show. I come up with new ideas, do research, watch loads of TED talks, or find psychology articles.
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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.
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I have forgotten my umbrella.
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If you can sing together, you can live together.
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Obviously, in a friendship there are always things, good and bad, that go on between people. You can't take away what's already happened. And if it's something that's really terrible, I think you have to forget about the friendship.
