Elena Ferrante Quotes
Love in my case is not indispensable to pleasure, nor is respect. Is it possible, therefore, that the disgust, the humiliation begin afterward, when a man subdues you and violates you at his pleasure solely because now you belong to him, love or not, respect or not?
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I love my sleep.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Friends are not made, but recognized.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.
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I don't remember anything from the Bills. It was rough there, but it is what it is. Now I'm here in the Super Bowl, just trying to enjoy that.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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Let's abolish the IRS, let's eliminate income tax, let's eliminate corporate tax, let's balance the federal budget, and if we need a tax, it can be one federal consumption tax.
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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
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Love in my case is not indispensable to pleasure, nor is respect. Is it possible, therefore, that the disgust, the humiliation begin afterward, when a man subdues you and violates you at his pleasure solely because now you belong to him, love or not, respect or not?
