Natalie Portman Quotes
As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.
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What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that probably doesn't matter as much as the book they read or the rule they broke that taught them something they couldn't have learned any other way.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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I am a big PETA supporter, and their East Coast headquarters is the Sam Simon building, and their West Coast headquarters is in the Bob Barker building.
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Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.
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When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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I think we all have different moods - a nerd one day and cool the next. I think everyone has an inner geek, and I know I definitely do.
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I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy.
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I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
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I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and Entering' - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to L.A., during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing 'Gossip Girl,' and I auditioned, and things came together.
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Youku Tudou has helped transform how media and entertainment-related content is distributed and marketed since our inception.
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War is being declared tomorrow here so perhaps you can understand that I have been working under difficulties, but difficulties negligible compared with what others have to go through.
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I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the world. And some finance ministries, too.
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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
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Jesus said, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.' I think if he lived nowadays, instead of 'kingdom,' he would have said, 'dimension.' And 'heaven' refers to a sense of vastness or spaciousness.
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Some men are born kings; and some are born statesmen. The two are seldom the same.
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For me, 'like' as a word is hundred times more powerful than love. Love is old; it's just another word for need. It's just like saying you want something. It is really important to like the person, to know the person.
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That was the trouble of telling someone all your truths. They could use them to tear you apart.
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As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake.
