Elena Ferrante Quotes
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
Laura Bush -
Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
Vikas Swarup -
When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful.
Ed Westwick -
We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
Carl Levin -
Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?
Abu Bakar Bashir -
I've never really been met with indifference, where they say, 'Who cares?' I think that's what good art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to make you feel good about your own prejudices and your own values; it's supposed to open you up in some way and get you outraged or make you happy or make you sad or whatever it's going to do.
T. C. Boyle
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
Alfred Hitchcock -
I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
Eric Davis -
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.
Charles Rosen -
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
Elizabeth Taylor -
I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.
David Axelrod -
I have tremendous faith in theuniverse. I feel at home on this planet. Even though it's a very big world out there, I plan on walking right through the middle of it unharmed.
Marion Ross
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A study by the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, found scenes of graphic violence and gore are increasing in TV dramas - and particularly on NBC.
Elizabeth Flock -
A novel is 400 pages; it's an endurance race. There's no artist, so I have to describe everything. It's all prose. Whereas with comics, I can rely on the artist. It's really wonderful to have that collaboration and to not always feel the burden of describing everything myself and also just to have someone who can paint the world.
Marjorie Liu -
I have been driven demented in my career.
Lord Mountbatten -
Ability without honor is useless.
Marcus Tullius Cicero -
I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.
Peter Jennings -
Personally, I'm a V-neck guy.
James Harden
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I definitely am a ritualistic person.
Charlie Worsham -
The Greens will threaten the future of our strong economy. They will destroy jobs and put Victorian families at risk.
Denis Napthine -
I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.
Oscar Levant -
Desire is God tapping at the door of your mind, trying to give you greater good.
H. Emilie Cady -
If you've got people around you that are like, 'Oh, you're so good,' this and that, it becomes unhealthy. My friends are like, 'You look like a doofus.' I'm like, 'Thank you. Thank you for that.' It keeps me grounded.
Maika Monroe -
..what a terrible thing a dissatisfied mind is.
Elena Ferrante