Quote by Evangeline Lilly
The people on my mums side of the family are atheist intellectuals

The people on my mums side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dads side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life. – Evangeline Lilly

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Im from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island. – Evangeline Lilly

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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 dont buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing. – Evangeline Lilly

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