Elena Ferrante Quotes
I was so afraid that I thought I was sick. But was I sick? Did I really have a murmur in my heart? No. The only problem has always been the disquiet of my mind. I can’t stop it, I always have to do, redo, cover, uncover, reinforce, and then suddenly undo, break.
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We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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You know sometimes it's not the bigger roles that give you the most satisfaction, yeah?
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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I was brought up by my mum and my sister. I've always been around independent women; I like that. Anybody who's a fake I don't like and I don't talk to.
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Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.
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If you look at the opening of 'Private Ryan,' you are so in the point of view of those guys and there is a whole world swirling all around them. You are learning that geography as they are learning it.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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I love that works of art are printed so that anyone can buy them. The variety of what they put on little postcards astounds me.
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There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself.
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I've always experimented with my look. Growing up, I thought it was so weird that people dressed alike and all bought the same things.
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I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up.
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In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.
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It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years.
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I'm competitive – that's what defines me – and I love it.
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I do believe that Planned Parenthood provides vital services to those in need and disagree with its funding cuts contained in the H.R. 1 package.
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I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.
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After a year and six months, it's no longer me that you want. But, I love you so much it hurts. Never mistreated you once; I poured my heart out to you. Let down my guard, swear to God. I'll blow my brains in your lap, lay here and die in your arms. Drop to my knees and I'm pleading; I'm trying to stop you from leaving. You won't even listen, so...
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And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny
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I was so afraid that I thought I was sick. But was I sick? Did I really have a murmur in my heart? No. The only problem has always been the disquiet of my mind. I can’t stop it, I always have to do, redo, cover, uncover, reinforce, and then suddenly undo, break.
