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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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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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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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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Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace,And lay them prone upon the earth and ceaseTo ponder on themselves, the while they stareAt nothing, intricately drawn nowhere.
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Enough of this intolerable inanity! I propose that such loquacity passes beyond the scope of the nuisance and over the verge of turpitude.
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Get your dog spayed or neutered. That's one of the first things that you should go and do.
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I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter.
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I enjoy modeling. I feel that acting is more fulfilling for me, and you definitely have a lot more to contribute as an actress than you do as a model, but that being said, when I shoot with a really incredible photographer, it's exciting and inspiring.
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As we move over to more of a mobile device-centric world... I think the interaction model with devices is going to be much more voice-based.
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My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in government and the corporate world. She was a great role model in that she felt anything was possible.
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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
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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.
