Elena Ferrante Quotes
Those who write need that "willing suspension of disbelief ", as Coleridge called it.
Quotes to Explore
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To him who, though by no means near the end, is yet advancing, He is the way; to him who has put off all that is dead He is the life.
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Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're not sure if Justin Bieber is going to kiss you or not.
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A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.
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Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them they're going to be bigger than Phil Collins is the wrong way to do it!
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The E.U. intends to be one of the biggest humanitarian donors on the Syrian crisis.
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Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.
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Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.
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I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.
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I don't know what 'normal' means, anyway.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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I'm a dad, and I can tell you it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
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With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I mean, you could just sit there and look at the page all day and maybe something will come.
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When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by.
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Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
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Those who write need that "willing suspension of disbelief ", as Coleridge called it.
