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NATALIE PORTMAN I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day. NATALIE PORTMAN Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent. NATALIE PORTMAN I remember how to be a person by being around them. NATALIE PORTMAN I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important. NATALIE PORTMAN I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out ... NATALIE PORTMAN It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you... NATALIE PORTMAN I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a mov... NATALIE PORTMAN I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork. NATALIE PORTMAN One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've ga... NATALIE MORALES I learned what looked good on my petite frame, and to this day, I'm a great bargain shopper. 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NATALIE MERCHANT I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people. NATALIE MERCHANT I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mas... NATALIE MERCHANT Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index... NATALIE MERCHANT It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, an... NATALIE MERCHANT I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics. NATALIE MERCHANT The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-close... NATALIE MERCHANT I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope. NATALIE MERCHANT My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension i... 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NATALIE MASSENET Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution pa... NATALIE MASSENET My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain. NATALIE MASSENET Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe t... NATALIE MASSENET What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One ... NATALIE MASSENET One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my ne... NATALIE MASSENET Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels. NATALIE MASSENET To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditc... NATALIE MASSENET Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world. NATALIE MASSENET I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become m... 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NATALIE MARTINEZ My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like '... NATALIE MARTINEZ I make a bomb vaca frita. It's like a flank steak like with the ropa vieja, but it's fried w... NATALIE MARTINEZ The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never kno... NATALIE MARTINEZ I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't belie... NATALIE MARTINEZ You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but j... NATALIE MARTINEZ I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil. NATALIE MARTINEZ I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con po... NATALIE MARTINEZ I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga... NATALIE MARTINEZ Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman. NATALIE MARTINEZ I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina... NATALIE MARTINEZ 'Dance Dance Revolution.' That's a lot of fun when you're having a dinner party and ... NATALIE MARTINEZ When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster... NATALIE MACMASTER 'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as ... NATALIE MACMASTER Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other... NATALIE MACMASTER I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure. NATALIE MACMASTER I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next. NATALIE MACMASTER There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if th... NATALIE MACMASTER I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def L... NATALIE MACMASTER I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although i... NATALIE MACMASTER It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours. NATALIE MACMASTER When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the ... NATALIE MACMASTER Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out. NATALIE MACMASTER The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO Eating together is the most intimate form of kinship. By scripting a work where we share the same ki... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship ... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of cu... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft - then I got divorced. NATALIE JEREMIJENKO Juggling many projects and having all these accidental collisions that you can't predict enables... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutel... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world. NATALIE JEREMIJENKO This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work. NATALIE JEREMIJENKO I created a successful outdoor youth festival - the Liverd festival - against all good advice. It wa... NATALIE JEREMIJENKO