Evangeline Lilly quotes

Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Kate Austen in the hit television series "Lost." Her performances have earned her critical acclaim and several award nominations. She has also starred in major films such as "Ant-Man" and "The Hobbit" trilogy. Here are 47 of her quotes:

Every woman is after a kind of classy image.

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In your 20s you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth.

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My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.

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I love getting older!

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A creative project is a moving target. You never end up where you start.

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Life is all about embracing each moment that is given to you.

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I don't want to shield kids from reality.

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If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power?

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I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word feminism because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood, I want to embrace my womanhood.

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Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that, I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.

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The world is full of opportunities, and I want to try as many as I possibly can.

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I love getting older! I really believe that a woman doesn't reach her peak until her 40s.

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I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me.

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I've had to find my sanity.

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I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy!

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I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

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To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

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I always wear something slightly masculine.

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The difference in my body from pre-pregnancy to post-baby was night and day. I didn't have the strength, I didn't have the flexibility, I didn't have the stamina, I didn't have the mobility. I felt like I was handicapped.

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I'm a very stubborn woman and I'm from a very stubborn family of headstrong women. I have sisters, so the women rule the coop in my house.

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I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.

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I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.

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