Jennifer Donnelly Quotes
Because in a small dark room, a broken child lies on a filthy bed and stares up at a high window. He waits for me, too. And I—I who have failed at everything and have failed everyone—I must not, I cannot, I will not fail him.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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Minorities within nation-states frayed by global capitalism are naturally more resentful of hollowed-out but still heavily centralised systems of political and economic domination.
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If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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In the field of biological weapons, there is almost no prospect of detecting a pathogen until it has been used in an attack.
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We never do two shows the same way. The audience has a lot to do with that spontaneity, and it's our job to satisfy them.
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We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.
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The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.
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The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.
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Because in a small dark room, a broken child lies on a filthy bed and stares up at a high window. He waits for me, too. And I—I who have failed at everything and have failed everyone—I must not, I cannot, I will not fail him.
