Jennifer Donnelly Quotes
Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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Young people, particularly in their teens and 20s, are not consuming sports the way my generation did. They are doing lots of things; they are multitasking. They are getting downloads; they are getting alerts on their computers or on their cellphones, and they are consuming sports in a more real-time but less full-time basis.
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In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
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I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
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People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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I'm interested in ways that digital interfaces can be utilized as powerful narrative devices, and to engage people in new and exciting ways.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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Let's be honest, the physical attracts me first. Then if you get to know the man's mind and soul and heart, that's icing on the cake.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.
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Hunger is not debatable.
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Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either.
