Jennifer Connelly Quotes

You should be reflective of the world you live in.

Awareness is very, very important because we're living in a world which is literally shrinking by the day. We are global citizens. So, for us not to be aware of what's happening to our neighbor is almost sad. Once you're aware, then you can decide what cause you want to dedicate your time to.

I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world.

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

We should care about what is going on in the world.

The woman I design for is very curious. She loves fashion, but she also is passionate about what is happening around the world.

I grew up in a household where we talked about the state of the world over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I wanted to educate myself about the world and I wanted to know what was happening to people in other countries. I feel now I have only just begun.

It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.

In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.

Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it.

It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about it.

Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world.

I've started to really become aware of the world we live in, what's really going on.

September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were too young to care about anything. And then as you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark. That just kind of opened everyone's eyes (which I probably wish it did to more people) that there's obviously something wrong, to try and figure out what it is and what's going on in the world.

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world.

I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.

I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now.

I found Donald Trump to be very attuned to what was going on around the world.

Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is a means to be aware, and to try to help.

My feeling is that a newspaper should serve its readers and it just seems to me that given what is going in the world, people are hungry for something.

If you give people more perspective of one object, they start to see it more clearly.

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any proper means of education, and how our work might someday help that person. It puts flamewars into some perspective, I think.

I think that we pay much more attention to fashion and our hair, skin and foreheads, our abdominal muscles and shoes than what is happening in the world. We willingly take that 'drug' and go along with that.