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What we always want to say [in X-men] is, "It's OK to be yourself, and actually it's a gift to be yourself. Whatever it is that you have, that may be your gift." I think that's what we always want to say, and spread it out, so have tolerance for other people who are different also.
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Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them." "That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.
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When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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It is significant that people who refuse to tell their children fairytales do not fear that the children will believe in princes and princesses, but that they will believe in witches and bogeys.
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A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.
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Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.
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The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union.
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If you believe you can do a thing, you can do it.
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I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.