Elena Ferrante Quotes
Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite. And there was nothing in her appearance that acted as a corrective.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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He does not have to know us so well, but He chooses to.
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Spiritual matters should be private.
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Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.
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The great skill of investment is to know when the right time is to get out. Getting in's easy.
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He wants quickness and explosion off the ball. He's a real up-tempo guy.
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Most of it's about the quickness involved. Just the activity to the ball. Loose balls, tip-ins, all those little things make such a difference in a game. And that's a matter of seconds, and I think a lot of that is about energy.
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Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
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What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.
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The bite of conscience is indecent.
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The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity.
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You don't bite the women of other males.
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I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for.
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Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small.
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If you're a technology investor, and you decide that you're also going to be a healthcare investor or a green-tech investor, that doesn't usually work out that well. There are reasons why people make their careers studying these things and becoming experts.
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Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite. And there was nothing in her appearance that acted as a corrective.
