Elena Ferrante Quotes

The problem is that real change takes a long time, while life hits us right away, now, with all its contradictions.

Elena Ferrante

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Writing about the future and the past is less a way of dramatizing change than of showing, by way of contrast, what abides.

Walter Kirn
- Writing
- Future
- Past
First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

Barack Obama
- World
- Work
- America
I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.

Frances Beinecke
- People
- World
- Change
The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.

Vince Cable
- Long
- Real
- Business
Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record.

Barbara Boxer
- Friends
- Earth
- Change
Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.

Aaron Sorkin
- People
- World
- Small