Elena Ferrante Quotes
I’ve never been in analysis. But it’s rare that one saves oneself from a rickety landing at the top of a building by throwing oneself down the stairwell.

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The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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My husband and I are just really laid back people.
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I see genres as generating sets of rules or conventions that are only interesting when they are subverted or used to disguise the author's intent. My own way of doing this is to attempt a sort of whimsical alchemy, whereby seemingly incompatible genres are brought into unlikely partnerships.
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I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.
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In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!
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The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.
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I'm always working. I work wherever I am.
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I had gross morning sickness til about 15 weeks and then gestational diabetes, and most annoyingly, from about week 20, I had pelvis issues, which saw me on crutches for the last five weeks of the pregnancy and has since developed into full-blown Osteitis Pubis and pelvic instability.
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My husband and I grew up with parents who supported our passion, and we're grateful to them for that. It really helps you find your identity when you're younger. It helps you become a really well-rounded person, the more you can show from different perspectives. The arts show us empathy, which is so important.
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I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.
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For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.
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You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.
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Seeking the kingdom of God leads to joy and happiness.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.
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If there really is no new way to be found, we are not afraid to stick with the old one that we found previously. So, I do not make every building different.
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I’ve never been in analysis. But it’s rare that one saves oneself from a rickety landing at the top of a building by throwing oneself down the stairwell.