Elena Ferrante Quotes
I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.
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As an organization, Esri is strong, and we're continuing to grow. We're dedicated to this. And we're excited to see what you can accomplish and to watch your work evolve.
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I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.
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I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.
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You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'
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I was reading about all of these medical and psychological experimental programs that the government and various intelligence agencies had run throughout the 20th century. Any book you can read on that, there's some really horrifying and fascinating stuff that goes on there.
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When you look at Apple News and where it started, I want it to be available to everyone. But we also want to make sure the news producers are legitimate... We're very concerned about what's news items and what's clickbait.
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
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In addition to being the most beautiful score I have ever sung, 'Piazza' gave me the opportunity to honor the matriarchs of my Southern family.
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I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.
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While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.
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The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.
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Think back to the early rock n' roll records, and the average record length in the '50s - and well into the '60s - was two and a half minutes. It's very hard to put that much songwriting into two and a half minutes.
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The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.
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When thou was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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To be human is a problem, and the problem expresses itself in anguish.
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The man sat watching the road, the weedstem twirling in his mouth and the threadthin shadow of it going long and short upon his face like a sundial's hand beneath a sun berserk.
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... the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably a bitterly disappointed woman. A game of chess will cure such a conceit forever. The woman that knows the most, thinks the most, feels the most, is the most. Intellectual affection is the only lasting love. Love that has a game of chess in it can checkmate any man and solve the problem of life.
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History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
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In 1846 the prairie town of Oak River existed only in a settler's dream.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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Why do you permit a mere word to stand in your way? Forget the word 'difficult' and take your next step.
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I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.
