Elena Ferrante Quotes
We climbed slowly toward the greatest of our terrors of that time, we went to expose ourselves to fear and interrogate it.
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I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
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Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning.
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The truth is, there are many types of businesses that require thousands of dollars to be invested during the startup period. However, there are also many different types of business models that you can run from the comfort of your own home without having to reach too deep into your wallet.
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Let’s say this together: 'Great me no greats', and leave this grading to posterity.
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'All my life,' I said, 'knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.'
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Of all the characters I've played, I think I have more in common with that guy than with Reilly: Ace of Spies', referring to Carl Fitzgerald in Death in Brunswick.
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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I have been a Jack Albertson fan forever.
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When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.
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I'm frightened of nothing anymore," answered Fell simply, "except lies. For they're the real killers.
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The next thing is by gentle degrees to accustom children to those things they are too much afraid of. But here great caution is to be used, that you do not make too much haste, nor attempt this cure too early, for fear lest you increase the mischief instead of remedying it.
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My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though.
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The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.
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No. I'm simply saying that life, uh, finds a way.
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We climbed slowly toward the greatest of our terrors of that time, we went to expose ourselves to fear and interrogate it.
