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There were, like, 20 of Jackie Kennedy's biographies, which was interesting because they are not exactly high literature - they are pulpy.But the Arthur Schlesinger transcripts ended up being the most useful of anything.
Natalie Portman -
If you're a person and care about other people - I don't think I have any sort of special understanding or anything, I think any feeling person would experience similar things if given the same opportunities to see the things I've been lucky enough to see and meet the people I've been lucky enough to meet.
Natalie Portman
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I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them.
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I mean the Internet is like the luckiest thing - we have everything at our fingertips right now.
Natalie Portman -
The fact that Hillary Clinton is pushing for paid family leave and also for affordable childcare will make a huge difference for working women who aren't as lucky as I am to be able to hire a nanny when I work. And who aren't lucky enough to necessarily have their husbands be able to take off work. That will make a huge, huge difference.
Natalie Portman -
I get freaked out by pills. Everyone I know is always like, "I'm just going to take a Valium or an Ambien on the plane." But I can't do any of that stuff - it scares me.
Natalie Portman -
People who take everything to heart trivia – the most capable of genuinely love.
Natalie Portman -
Hillary Clinton has a real history of uniting people, of being able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, of trying to fight for people's equal rights. Whereas we really see the polar opposite in her opponent.
Natalie Portman
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Normally I can't watch myself at all, and watching myself makes me cringe, and I cover my face, and it's very hard to watch.
Natalie Portman -
It's so much unwanted interest in your privacy that you don't want to invite anymore.
Natalie Portman -
Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.
Natalie Portman -
Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.
Natalie Portman -
We live in a real world. Come back to it.
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Sometimes it's better to forgive and forget. And sometimes, on the other hand, it's better to leave the friendship.
Natalie Portman
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I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words.
Natalie Portman -
The more money a woman has, the more educated she is, and the more educated she is, the more she knows about how to prevent pregnancy, and also has more reproductive control - she feels a greater ability to say no to a man when she doesn't have to depend on him for money.
Natalie Portman -
I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind. Just starting out, one of your biggest strengths is not knowing how things are supposed to be.
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Your relationship with your husband should be an important part of your private life, but publicly you should be able to define yourself.
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But I love you I'm totally and completely in love with you and I don't care if you think it's too late. I'm telling you anyway.
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I couldn't be anorexic because I like food too much, and I couldn't be bulimic because I hate throwing up too much.
Natalie Portman
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I am more a teenager than anyone else I know. One minute I feel really adult and the next minute I say, 'Let's play hide-and-seek.'
Natalie Portman -
It is interesting just generationally that you see that people are much more comfortable, and that's part of life now for this next generation of actors and just people in the world. But for those of us who were living when it didn't exist, being in social media feels like the last thing you want to do.
Natalie Portman -
I campaigned for Hillary Clinton when she was in the primaries against Barack Obama, actually.
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I'm with my friends more than I'm with my parents, but I know more about my parents than I know about my friends. That's something you get out of living with a person.
Natalie Portman