Elena Ferrante Quotes
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
Yo-Yo Ma -
Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.
Samantha Stosur -
When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters -
I curate my T.V.-watching quite carefully.
Gaby Hoffmann -
When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
Laura Ricketts -
I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
Mahmoud Abbas
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
Rabih Alameddine -
Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
H. L. Mencken -
I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.
Hansika Motwani -
I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously.
Gary Lineker -
I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.
Karin Slaughter -
To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
T. E. Lawrence
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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.
Francesca Annis -
Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.
Ralph Steadman -
I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.
Damien Hirst -
We have learned the lines of good taste through history and our sense of guilt, be it post-colonial or post-Holocaust.
Patrick Chappatte -
Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.
Irving Azoff -
I didn't have a childhood.
Pat Morita
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We must wait for the official history of the Chinese Revolution to record in greater detail the invaluable work of our Japanese friends.
Sun Yat-sen -
It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
W. G. Sebald -
Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
Rainn Wilson -
I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle
Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions -
Move on another plane in the name of one's own difference.
Elena Ferrante