Elena Ferrante Quotes
Adults, waiting for tomorrow, move in a present behind which is yesterday or the day before yesterday or at most last week: they don't want to think about the rest. Children don't know the meaning of yesterday, or even of tomorrow, everything is this, now: the street is this, the doorway is this, the stairs are this, this is Mamma, this is Papa, this is the day, this the night.Elena Ferrante
Quotes to Explore
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Walter Lippmann -
Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
Daniel Gillies -
Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
Frances Wright -
We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
Cab Calloway -
I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
Kate Winslet -
He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
Samuel Johnson
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I really believe in the idea of the future.
Zaha Hadid -
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.
Beck -
Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.
Gary Sinise -
People's genes can say a great deal about their health. There are genes that reveal an increased likelihood of getting cancer, heart disease or Alzheimer's.
Adam Cohen -
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
Barbara Kingsolver -
It was in the '80s, so I guess big hair and high bangs. And I had so many gummy bracelets! While we were doing 'Full House,' we were like, 'You know, in 10 years, we're going to look back on this and think this is horrible.' But everyone looked like that!
Candace Cameron Bure
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People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
Larry Wall -
In two nights you're going to have the Republican candidates here. They all support the war. They all support the president. They all supported the escalation. Each of us is trying in our own way to bring the war to an end.
Hillary Clinton -
It's not important to me to make other people at ease. I am difficult, but that's 'cause I don’t really give a fuck.
Amy Winehouse -
Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out.
Donatella Versace -
I started modeling when I was - not older, but not 12. I have a mom who's a feminist - she's an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.
Emily Ratajkowski -
We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It's actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid.
Aleksey Igudesman
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I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did, and why I get to produce more writing than she did, and why my marriage isn't in dire straits.
Elizabeth Gilbert -
I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
Jessica Chastain -
The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!
Louise Hart -
Have you murdered anyone in the last day, week, month, year, decade? Probably not. Then don't worry about it. Give yourself a break. You're probably a really fine person.
Natalie -
Adults, waiting for tomorrow, move in a present behind which is yesterday or the day before yesterday or at most last week: they don't want to think about the rest. Children don't know the meaning of yesterday, or even of tomorrow, everything is this, now: the street is this, the doorway is this, the stairs are this, this is Mamma, this is Papa, this is the day, this the night.
Elena Ferrante