Elena Ferrante Quotes

What have I done, she thought, dazed by wine, and what is this gold circle, this glittering zero I’ve stuck my finger in.

Elena Ferrante

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• I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.

  

  Tara Strong
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  • Dialogue
  • CD

• I had the benefit of there being no stigma attached to the arts. My brother's a ballet dancer, and he never came up against anything.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • Up
  • Never
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• I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Character
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• I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

  

  Orson Welles
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  • More
  • Go

• There are Katy-Perry-in-concert-type pieces that I look at and am like, 'This dress has a hundred cupcakes on it – I want it!' My mom will always talk me down.

  

  Ireland Baldwin
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• Between 12 and 14, I shot up a ridiculous amount. The muscles were struggling to stretch and grow at the rate my bones were growing. It gave me problems with my back and my hamstrings.

  

  Gareth Bale
  • Up
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• I do see music as complete refuge. It's a universal home, complete common ground between everyone; it comes from a place that has no nation and no boundaries around it.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Music
  • Home
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• I think whenever you come in, whenever you try to evolve a company, people will get nervous. But, if you articulate a clear vision, a clear mission to help them understand their roles in it and ask them to buy into the system, everyone will band together to make it happen.

  

  Dan Rosensweig
  • People
  • Together
  • Help

• From the male perspective, when commitment is associated with diamonds and mortgages, promises of love can feel like promises of payment.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Perspective
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• I think I'm happier with that. $rubyometer += 0.3 or so.

  

  Larry Wall

• I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human. But, I'm man enough to face 'em today. What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb. But, the smartest shit I did was take the bullets out of that gun. Because I'd have killed them. Shit, I'd have shot Kim and them both. It's my life, I'd like to welcome you all to 'The Eminem Show'.

  

  Eminem
  • Life
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• Put anthrax on your Tampax and slap you 'till you can't stand! Girl, you just blew your chance, don't mean to ruin your plans!

  

  Eminem
  • Girl

• A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it.

  

  Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Up
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• America's Sweetheart was my one true piece of shit. It has no cohesive thread. I just hate it.

  

  Courtney Love
  • America
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• I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.

  

  Brian J. White
  • Work
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• Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.

  

  Eric Butterworth

• You work hard and you have expectations. So I'm living my expectations right now.

  

  Jenni Rivera
  • Work

• I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

  

  Richard Marx
  • Adversity

• There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

  

  William H. Hastie
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  • Achievement
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• We gather at night to celebrate being human. Sometimes we call out low to the tambourine. Fish drink the sea, but the sea does not get smaller! We eat the clouds and evening light. We are slaves tasting the royal wine.

  

  Rumi
  • Wine
  • Celebrate
  • Slaves

• In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.

  

  Nathaniel Rich
  • People
  • Work
  • May

• Jesus, you talk too much.

  

  Carrie Vaughn
  • Jesus
  • Talk

• Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • Work
  • Children
  • Support

• What have I done, she thought, dazed by wine, and what is this gold circle, this glittering zero I’ve stuck my finger in.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Wine
  • Stuck
  • Circle