Elena Ferrante Quotes

My job, I thought, is to demonstrate that one can remain healthy. Demonstrate it to myself, no one else. If I am exposed to lizards, I will fight the lizards. If I am exposed to ants, I will fight the ants. If I am exposed to thieves, I will fight the thieves. If I am exposed to myself, I will fight myself.

Elena Ferrante

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• I have changed so much as an actor over the years.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Years
  • Actor
  • Over

• The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.

  

  Gavid Hood
  • Money
  • You
  • Find

• I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.

  

  Lamar Hunt
  • Why
  • Growing
  • Question

• I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.

  

  Rachel Gibson
  • Man
  • Me
  • Military

• I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Music
  • Knew
  • Wrote

• I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Up
  • Bull
  • Rider

• I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • Why
  • You
  • Own

• I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Experience
  • Remember
  • Feeling

• Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Universe

• In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Best
  • Environment
  • Connection

• Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Up
  • Painting
  • Look

• Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Marriage
  • Talent
  • Genius

• The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

  

  Garson Kanin
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Best

• Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Work
  • Man
  • Clock

• If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Girl
  • Marriage
  • Brother

• I'm not gonna play a part that doesn't instill some kind of fear in me. If I read a part, and suddenly, I'm thinking halfway through, 'I'm not sure I could get away with this,' I think of everything I can think of to keep me from doing it, that's the one I should do.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Thinking
  • Think
  • Fear

• It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Time
  • Education
  • Me

• That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Race
  • U.S.
  • Striving

• When I grew up, there were locked cabinets in public libraries. You needed parental permission if you were under eighteen. I was let down by the overblown reputations of some hardcore fictional works.

  

  Allan Gurganus
  • Up

• My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

  

  Daniela Ruah

• Younger songwriters will ask me, 'What did you do?' And it's like, 'Well, I worked a day job, and I didn't stake anything. I didn't quit my day job. I didn't have any hopes at all. I just did the thing that I believed in, and I waited a long time.'

  

  John Darnielle
  • Time
  • Long
  • Job

• No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education, a job, or simple justice.

  

  Jimmy Carter
  • Job
  • Education
  • Justice

• I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

  

  Alexa Ray Joel
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• My job, I thought, is to demonstrate that one can remain healthy. Demonstrate it to myself, no one else. If I am exposed to lizards, I will fight the lizards. If I am exposed to ants, I will fight the ants. If I am exposed to thieves, I will fight the thieves. If I am exposed to myself, I will fight myself.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Job
  • Fight
  • Healthy