Elena Ferrante Quotes
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I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.
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Even if I'm gone all day, breakfast is the one meal I always cook for my kids. I make French toast, oatmeal, or an egg burrito.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.
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Not listening to people who care about you, not to be open or transparent, will make you isolated.
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I feel like if I consider myself comfortable in something, then that's not exactly where I want to be. And in 'Jane the Virgin' specifically, I feel like I don't have to choose... We get to do drama and comedy sometimes within the same thirty seconds.
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As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
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The thing about a good podcast is you have to have a good host. If you don't have a compelling host then you have nothing.
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I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
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If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.
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Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.
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I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy.
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Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful.
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If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
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I fear that one day I will no longer understand desperation, and with that, I will slowly stop listening to what others have to say.
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The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand.
