Jennifer Donnelly Quotes
Airports should all belong to the same country. The country of Crappacia. Or Bleakovania. Or Suckitan.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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In the State Department, one never lacks for helpful suggestions.
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Dreams do come true, believe always. I dreamt every night of becoming a singer
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Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are condemned to work with upstarts, clowns who no doubt got their training in a circus and then turned to journalism as the appropriate place to display their tricks.
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It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
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I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman... it amazes me still.
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Airports should all belong to the same country. The country of Crappacia. Or Bleakovania. Or Suckitan.
