Natalie Portman Quotes
Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.
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We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.
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In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
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The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work accomplished.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
