Elena Ferrante Quotes

Such persistence in memorizing fashionable jargon, wasted effort. I had been conditioned by my education, which had shaped my mind, my voice.

Elena Ferrante

• Education
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• Jargon
• My Voice

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• If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

  

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• I'm not a sun person.

  

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• Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.

  

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• I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.

  

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• The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

  

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• When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop stuff off. The faster you go, the more chances you take. And the more chances you take, the greater the war between cyclists and cars.

  

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• One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.

  

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• When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

  

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• Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

  

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• When you're growing up, it's always nice to have someone you can relate and look up to. I'm proud of how I conduct my business and how I have accomplished all that I have accomplished, and hope that I can be a positive influence on not only the Mexican community but also young boxers and people all around the world.

  

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• Once you start playing 'Call of Duty,' you better watch out, because before you know it, you've lost four or five hours out of your day.

  

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• I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.

  

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• Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.

  

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• This film [Doctor Strange] kind of takes that everyday boring reality and really bursts it wide. So we talked a lot about that. In many ways there's something very practical about this world, the Kamar-Taj. It's - You know, we all look like samurai warriors, but actually there are iPads everywhere and there's a feeling that it's a practical possibility for this modern world that the Doctor Strange universe is functioning, and that we know it and it's around the corner for all of us.

  

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• I do wear a lot of hats, and sometimes people get confused with all that I do, but one thing that I am extraordinarily passionate about is furthering women's rights. I think it's something that's incredibly important, not just for girls everywhere but also boys to get involved in.

  

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• Such persistence in memorizing fashionable jargon, wasted effort. I had been conditioned by my education, which had shaped my mind, my voice.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Education
  • Persistence
  • Jargon