Elena Ferrante Quotes
We gazed at the constellations, praising the portentous architecture of the sky with trite formulas.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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I'm quite good at not writing.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt.
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I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
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Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.
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After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.
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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
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She must have walked through life with men like him falling at her feet, squashing them underfoot like autumn leaves. It probably happened so often that all she noticed was that nice crunching sound.
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I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.
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Well, if you don't want your relatives and friends to die, help me spread the news. Let people know about immortality device. That way, your loved ones won't die.
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Everyone has a dormant wrestling character in them that is pretty easy to tap into.
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Really connect to food and know what you're eating.
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I just think the whole kale thing has gone a little overboard. It's everywhere you go, and it can actually inhibit thyroid function.
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Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.
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Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only such architecture is creative.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea what's going to happen.
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We gazed at the constellations, praising the portentous architecture of the sky with trite formulas.
