Elena Ferrante Quotes
I had always considered sex an ultimate sticky reality, the least mediated contact possible with another body. Instead, after that experience, I was convinced that sex is an extreme product of the imagination. The greater the pleasure, the more the other is only a dream, a nocturnal reaction of belly, breasts, mouth, anus―of every isolated inch of skin―to the caresses and thrusts of a vague entity definable according to the necessities of the moment.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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A lot of people pulled me up after 'Trainspotting' for its absence of politics, but the argument I make is that the absence of politics is political as well.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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Knowledge is the distilled essence of our intuitions, corroborated by experience.
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Every instrument requires to be made by experience.
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Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.
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In the 1970s, the scare was about global cooling.
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We can work with anybody. I mean, we passed the 9/11 health bill with Tom Cotton. Most people would assume I wouldn't be able to work with Tom Cotton and Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
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I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?
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I have been a musician for a long time as you reminded me earlier, haha. I have a lot of influences and experiences. Every time I start to play it’s a total synthesis of everything I have ever heard or played. There are three musicians that have influenced me more than anyone else, Herbie Hancock, Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix
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There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.
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I had always considered sex an ultimate sticky reality, the least mediated contact possible with another body. Instead, after that experience, I was convinced that sex is an extreme product of the imagination. The greater the pleasure, the more the other is only a dream, a nocturnal reaction of belly, breasts, mouth, anus―of every isolated inch of skin―to the caresses and thrusts of a vague entity definable according to the necessities of the moment.
