Jennifer Donnelly Quotes
When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they are. They're not very well understood. You don't know what they want from you. So it's the kind of thing you don't even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that's unknown and mysterious is very scary.
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My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
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I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this referendum.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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Australians love to pump you up when you're nobody. Then, when you start to put your head above water and say, 'Well, actually, I am a bit different, I am an individual and I do have a particular talent', or whatever, they want to go after you. But the good news is that once you reach a certain level, I think they start to leave you alone.
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I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. I'm not sure if every song will be 'Take Me to Church,' but I can only hope that people enjoy the body of work that I have ahead of me.
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When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.
