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" I remember how to be a person by being around them. "
Natalie Portman
Being
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" My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again. "
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" I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful. "
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" I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity. "
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" I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs. "
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" I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults. "
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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. "
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" New York is more where art is bought than where art is made. "
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