Carice van Houten Quotes

My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.

Carice van Houten

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: September 5, 1976

Topics

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It's hard enough to coach in this league when you're doing what you believe in. But when you have to try to coach something you may not be sold on, it becomes even more of a challenge. It's really hard.

Jeff Van Gundy

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My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity.

Stephen Sondheim

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It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Tom Stoppard

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Everybody is going to die, so people are enthralled by the possibility that they don't have to completely die, that there is something that comes afterward. It's like if you're going to France for the summer, you're going to read up on it. Everyone just wants to know where they're going, or if they're going anywhere.

Mary Roach

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We have not recovered all that we lost in the Bush recession. That's why we need to continue to move forward.

Martin O'Malley

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I'm really obsessed with this show right now called 'Power,' produced by 50 Cent.

Martine Syms

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A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.

Mika

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To say that there is patriarchy in Arab culture is not denying women agency.

Mona Eltahawy

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I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

Jay Kay

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If you want to understand America, it's slavery.

Colson Whitehead

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I'm no stranger to weight issues. I've had cellulite since I was about nine years old. I have enjoyed the uber support of Spanx many times.

Constance Marie

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If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big Sea' by Langston Hughes.

Pearl Cleage

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