Natalie Portman Quotes
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Lying is the most fun a woman can have without taking her clothes off.
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You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on social media that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on.
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The best thing you can hope for, when you make a movie and you put your soul into it, is that people respond to it well.
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I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.
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I'd basically have trouble with any job that doesn't require me to wear silly clothes and talk in funny voices.
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I hear, more than ever, people actively searching for women to direct, actively wanting to finance women's films, which is not to say it is easy, but I think it's been a great instance of how journalism has put pressure on business to be more fair between genders.
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I honestly don't even really want to think about it; I'd rather focus on how wonderful she is. Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate. I think we're lucky to have someone as smart and capable and strong as she is wanting to be our president.
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You really know a person when you sleep so near to them, or when you eat with them.
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Hillary Clinton is incredibly prepared and smart on all of the issues.
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Sometimes just watching a person doing the things they would only do at home lets you know who they really are.
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The moment you buy into the idea that you're above anyone else, is the moment you need to be slapped in the face.
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Actual plans for how we help the economy, how we help the environment, how we help deal with violence in our cities. These are things that Hillary Clinton has always brought the conversation back to, when he's gone vulgar and he's gone low.
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Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?
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I've always tried to separate my looks from all the other aspects of myself. I think girls are taught so much to focus on their looks that they tend to have their personality and intelligence develop slower than boys.
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It's quite a stark contrast between the candidates, in how they will change things for women. Hillary Clinton wants to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will protect Roe v Wade. Donald Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood.
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In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking.
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I have nice ears. I have no lobes, which was disappointing for a while, but I've gotten over it and learned to love them. Being lobeless isn't the end of the world.
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I can sleep a whole day. If no one woke me up, I would sleep for 24 hours. I think it's a combination of my age and my appreciation for sleep. Sleep is so wonderful. Sometimes you can oversleep and feel like you've waster your time, but I think it's one of the bestways to spend your time.
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Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place.
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If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener.
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As I get older, I'm more relaxed and less concerned with what people think of me.
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As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."
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I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that opportunity before. That's exciting.
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Hillary Clinton wants to push for equal pay and for paid family leave and for better and cheaper childcare.