Natalie Portman Quotes
I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why they do what they do, but you don't actually have to be like that yourself.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that.
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If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.
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I've been very busy working on the ABC Family sitcom, 'Baby Daddy.'
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The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.
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The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
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I am very proud of Jim Leiken. He has worked with me for six years and has been patient enough to learn the ropes. He's now matured into a true chef and is working on building his team.
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My songs are about who I am.
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I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.
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I refuse to sit on my laurels.
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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
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If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
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Pollution is a serious one. Water pollution, air pollution, and then solid hazardous waste pollution. And then beyond that, we also have the resources issue. Not just water resources but other natural resources, the mining resources being consumed, and the destruction of our ecosystem.
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I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too.
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I wouldn't ever give myself the label bisexual, but bi-curious, yeah.
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I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.
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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.
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I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why they do what they do, but you don't actually have to be like that yourself.
