Jennifer Connelly Quotes
I would not want to be on a cruise ship. Some ferry crossings I'm not too thrilled about.
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Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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Hospitals are about healing.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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I have got nothing against family companies, but there must be real equity, that is all I say. It cannot be based on influence or political friendships. It has to be based on real equity backing their dreams.
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I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.
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My features are completely ethnic.
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This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the time.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.
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I started sailing because I had to stop playing tennis so much, as I had bad knees.
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I've grown up on TV, and there were some phases that weren't pretty.
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I injured myself politically when I took on Jesse Jackson' in the 1988 presidential campaign. I was too strident. I didn't recognize the emotional tie that he had with all black voters.
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Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating.
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I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians.
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Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
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Everything seems to have been turned upside-down, but in a good way.
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In everything that moves through the universe, I see my own body, and in everything that governs the universe, my own soul. All men are my brethren, and all things my companions.
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I would not want to be on a cruise ship. Some ferry crossings I'm not too thrilled about.
