Elena Ferrante Quotes

The laws work for those who fear them, not for those who violate them.

Elena Ferrante

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• In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Work
  • Process
  • Old

• It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.

  

  Abraham Benrubi
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Because

• I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Time
  • Work
  • Taken

• You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.

  

  Irving Ravetch
  • Up
  • Work
  • Real

• I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Work
  • Important
  • Player

• I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.

  

  Aaron Huey
  • Work
  • Guy
  • Style

• I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Life
  • Work
  • Important

• I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Challenge

• I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Work
  • Career
  • Attention

• I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this country aren't as frustrated as they are in some of these places in Eastern Europe and don't resort to violent revolution.

  

  Harold H. Greene
  • People
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  • Country

• It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work 'The Sensations of Tone.' As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz's masterpieces.

  

  C. V. Raman
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  • Work
  • Great

• We really think highly of the executives at SBC. And Microsoft is one of the great companies of the 21st century. It is in all of our best interests to work together. In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself; you have to form alliances.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • Work
  • Great
  • Together

• If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
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  • Why
  • Father

• The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• Charlie McCarthy: I can't take this schoolwork any more - it's driving me nuts.Edgar Bergen: Well Charlie, I'm sorry, but hard work never killed anyone.Charlie McCarthy: Still, there's no use in taking chances.

  

  Edgar Bergen
  • Work
  • Driving
  • Sorry

• You are my pride and joyAnd I just love you, little darlin'Like a baby boy loves his toyYou've got kisses sweeter than honeyAnd I work every day to give you all I knowAnd that's why you're my pride and joy.

  

  Marvin Gaye
  • Work
  • Why
  • Joy

• I went to school to learn to be a hairdresser. I worked at a wholesale florist, where I delivered to florists all over New Jersey. I'd come home and go out to work down at the Shore. The early jobs, I remember, were $5, $6 a night. And I lived in the projects right until the time I became successful.

  

  Frankie Valli Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
  • Time
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  • School

• I want my work at Google to have a long-term impact on the tech scene in Africa and to result in millions more Africans not just going online but having an amazing experience once they do. That's what drives me every single day when I get to work.

  

  Ory Okolloh
  • Work
  • Long
  • Experience

• When men do all the outside work, they contribute on average about 10 percent of housework. But as their share of outside work falls, their share of housework rises to no more than 37 percent.

  

  George Akerlof
  • Work
  • Men

• I wrote poems. That is my work. I am convinced... I believe that what I wrote will be useful to people not only now but in future generations.

  

  Joseph Brodsky
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• We started on April 1, 2003. So long ago, you couldn't watch video in a web browser; you had to watch it in a different player, like in Quicktime player or something like that.

  

  Burnie Burns
  • Different
  • Long
  • Player

• The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we learn - words, dates, formulas, historical and biographical details - don't really matter. Facts can be looked up. That's what the Internet is for.

  

  Gary Wolf
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  • Important
  • Words

• I don't want to see an experiment. Experiment at home - when you show up on stage, I want to see a result. I think a lot of improvisers, you'll see them some nights and they just stink, and they go, "Well, we're just improvising." Like that's a license to have a shitty night!

  

  Z'EV
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• The laws work for those who fear them, not for those who violate them.

  

  Elena Ferrante
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