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.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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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.
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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.
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I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before.
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A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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People are more comfortable learning about wine because now they can just Google, you know, 'Soave,' and say, 'Oh, O.K., cool.'
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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
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I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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I really believe in the idea of the future.
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It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
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As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.
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Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
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I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I'm sleeping. You become what you think about the most.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.
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It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.
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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.
