Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it’s a beautiful life.
NICOLE KIDMANForget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.
More Nicole Kidman Quotes
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You don’t have to be naked to be sexy.
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In my heart I’m independent, a bit of a rebel, a nonconformist.
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You can ask me pretty much anything. There’ll be things I’ll go, ‘That feels a little too personal.’ But most things I don’t have a fear of being asked about.
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I’m a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I’m a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I’m betraying myself and my children.
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I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.
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If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.
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It’s my job as an actor to commit to the role and not – through my own inhibitions – run away.
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I think it’s important that we don’t all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything’s fine.
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~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It’s always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.~
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I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It’s almost as if you’re drawn to it.
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I’d like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I’m willing to go through a lot.
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I’m now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.
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I’ll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
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Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we’ve learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.
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Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I’m very medical. I come from a medical family.
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To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised – they don’t see you behind closed doors.
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Ultimately, you’re left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.
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I’m a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.
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I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn’t get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn’t get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.
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If I fall over and make mistakes, I’ll pick myself back up and hope for the best and try to conduct myself with as much authenticity and moral code.
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I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.
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I have always tried to be a woman who protects other women. I have a sister, I have daughters, I have girlfriends, and I was raised by a feminist mother.
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I like exploring life and its complexities.
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As much as I have films and all that sort of stuff, a lot of my memories are to do with relationships and love.
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I think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that’s what I’ve learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.
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Don’t you worry about a thing, my darling. You live your life.
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