Elena Ferrante Quotes
I no longer protect myself from the world I grew up in. Rather, today I try to protect the feelings I have for that world, the emotional space where my desire to write first took hold, and still grows.
Quotes to Explore
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
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Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
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There are so many great artists and most of them are women, but that's good - the more the merrier!
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Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.
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Juanes is one of the legendary, iconic Colombian artists. Growing up in Colombia, you can't really not have him on your radar. His songs are everywhere, and there's a statue of him. He's pretty big for Latin America, and for Colombia especially.
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I started with golf because I saw my brothers play, I was always watching them. It was my life. Growing up, we always played competitions like chipping, hitting.
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Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.
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We have to find a way that every Coloradan can participate in our economic growth and feel that all the changes that are occurring are working to their benefit rather than their detriment.
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What's so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We're just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.
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I am absolutely delighted to get back into football with Livingston.
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About the only thing that I have - or had, because it's failing me lately - is my memory. I had a really good memory. I was always terribly protective of that fact.
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If I never saw another airport again, I'd be happy!
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To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.
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The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.
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Pitch counts have gotten into everybody's brain. Guys make so much money now. You want to protect your investment. You don't want to abuse your pitchers.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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The blogosphere is real, and it can be really harsh on fakes... so, if you're a phoney, you're going to get your bell rung.
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I no longer protect myself from the world I grew up in. Rather, today I try to protect the feelings I have for that world, the emotional space where my desire to write first took hold, and still grows.
