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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Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.
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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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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.
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Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.
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A London copper doesn't like to intrude upon a traveller camp with anything less than a van full of bodies in riot gear - it's considered disrespectful otherwise.
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Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either.
