Elena Ferrante Quotes

No, to produce ideas you don't have to be a saint. And anyway there are very few true intellectuals. The mass of the educated spend their lives commenting lazily on the ideas of others. They engage their best energies in sadistic practices against every possible rival.

Elena Ferrante

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Among the lesser effects of quantum theory are gaping holes in old ideas about causality.

Ian Hacking
- Ideas
- Old
- Quantum
In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

Nathan Fielder
- Life
- Great
- Ideas
If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.

G. Willow Wilson
- People
- Ideas
- Fight
When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

Carly Fiorina
- People
- World
- May
There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.

Olivia Thirlby
- People
- Up
- Good
There are so many immigrant-led success stories in the United States, and the fact that it's gotten so much harder for educated folks to stay here is really unfortunate.

Safra A. Catz
- Success
- Here
- Educated