Elena Ferrante Quotes
Don't be timid. You're a writer, use your role, test it, make something of it. These are decisive times, everything is turning upside down. Participate, be present.

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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.
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There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.
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Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.
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I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.
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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.
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Management Providence , knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
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I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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Our nation is uniquely endowed to play a creative and decisive role in the new order which is taking form around us.
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Coming up with novel ideas and converting them into real products has always been as natural as breathing for me.
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Don't be timid. You're a writer, use your role, test it, make something of it. These are decisive times, everything is turning upside down. Participate, be present.