Elena Ferrante Quotes
Was it possible? She had taken me with her hoping that as a punishment my parents would not send me to middle school? Or had she brought me back in such a hurry so that I would avoid punishment? Or - I wonder today - did she want at different moments both things?
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.
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I will never sell Flipkart.
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I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.
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Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.
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I'm always focused.
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The cause of war is preparation for war.
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'Yes,' he said, 'intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn’t matter. A cancer growing in someone’s body will go on growing in spite of denial. And a complex combination of genes that work together to make you intelligent as well as hierarchical will still handicap you whether you acknowledge it or not.'
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Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train,To traverse climes beyond the western main;Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around,And Niagara stuns with thundering sound.
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I've had every known chemical-cocaine, booze-and tobacco is the hardest one in the world for me to quit. You watch old flicks? It's suggestion by looking at something: You see a cigarette, and it makes you want to smoke!
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What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal…. For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space.
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More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes.
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And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.
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I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science.
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I wonder if I would have been capable of producing anything if I worked in a more conventional way with a prewritten script, because I'm of the procrastinator class.
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Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.
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Was it possible? She had taken me with her hoping that as a punishment my parents would not send me to middle school? Or had she brought me back in such a hurry so that I would avoid punishment? Or - I wonder today - did she want at different moments both things?
