Elena Ferrante Quotes
One becomes affectionate toward men slowly, whether they coincide or not with whomever in the various phases of life we have taken as the model of a man.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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Indy, I have lots of great memories from there, and probably the part of me that doesn't feel quite as longing for it is that there is still a chance that I could do it again. It's not gone.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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My favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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I take great pride in recalling that I could open in a play on Broadway or in London's West End and fill a theatre on the strength of my name - Steed's name.
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It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
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I think theater is a core need of a community.
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The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.
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It might sound odd, but filming a soap is closer to acting in a play than filming episodic television.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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I'm just here to compete and do the best I can and let things play out and just be the best teammate I can be, regardless of the situation.
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You know, in China, they say, come on over, we'll build the plant for you. Of course, then they steal your patents, but the reality is that they are aggressively trying to take our jobs. Every other country is. They know that to have a middle class, you have to make things.
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The Irish caught hell, the Jews caught hell, the Polacks caught hell. We want Ward 8 to be the model of diversity.
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I've kind of always had this balance between genre and personal dramas. It almost feels like the two help each other. If I was just to make a genre film, maybe it would be hollow and soulless. If I was just to make a personal drama, maybe it would be melodramatic and nobody would ever go see it.
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One becomes affectionate toward men slowly, whether they coincide or not with whomever in the various phases of life we have taken as the model of a man.
