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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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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You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.
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I like the fact that some of your favorite Broadway musicals are not made into movies.
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Books should be right up there with exercise and diet as something that don't just entertain us but heal us. They tell us we are not alone and fix the pieces of us that can be shattered by reality. They are teachers, and they are friends, and we should never contemplate a world - or a life - without them.
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Spike Lee is part of a retrograde movement in this country.
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I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.
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Match the right food to the right occasion. Think about what you are celebrating. If you are honoring people, what are their favorite foods? If it is a holiday, what is the food for it? When you give an identity to the party, people appreciate that.
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Airports should all belong to the same country. The country of Crappacia. Or Bleakovania. Or Suckitan.
