Elena Ferrante Quotes
When I returned home that night with the children, I felt the close, comfortable warmth of the apartment for the first time since the abandonmen.
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When I look at my body, I'm like, 'I'm a lead of a TV show?' To have a man in the business say, 'Come along just as you are,' is really an incredible thing.
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My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
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Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have role only to facilitate the decision of the individuals.
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The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.
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I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.
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I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility.
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I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
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When death comes, it is not enough to have been charitable; and it is not right to touch the body or lay it out for a couple of hours; for the soul should be given time to fight for itself, and to go up to judgment.
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I just do my work, try to do everything I can. I don't weigh in all offseason. I just try to get better, be in better position, be an athlete.
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.
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Nam qui hominem, quamuis ob merita damnatum, in conspectu suo iugulari pro uoluptate computat, conscientiam suam polluit, tam scilicet, quam si homicidii, quod fit occulte, spectator et particeps fiat.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place- science leads you to killing people.
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I kind of prefer bouncing back and forth between theater and films. It's like having the best of both worlds, both very different experiences.
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I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.'
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I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.
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Comfort came in with the middle classes.
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I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.
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The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.
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I had a wonderful life and was blessed with so many loving people and great friends.
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People somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will push young people into the streets, while in fact it may actually be the new opium for the masses which will keep the same people in their rooms downloading pornography.
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Self-worth and financial worth become indistinguishable.
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When I returned home that night with the children, I felt the close, comfortable warmth of the apartment for the first time since the abandonmen.
