Jennifer Donnelly Quotes
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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The culture of the U.S. military is such that human enhancement is accepted as a goal, taking people beyond the norm. There are so many resources going into that kind of research.
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I don't like watching people work if they're making art.
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'Sicario' was a lot of improvisation.
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From you, my boy, I expect no less than the completely preposterous and utterly calamitous.
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She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.
