Elena Ferrante Quotes
I have always paid careful attention to social and economic conflicts, to the dialectic - if we can call it that - between high and low. Maybe it's because I was not born or brought up in affluence.
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
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Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary.
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Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.
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I have some wigs at home just for fun. Throughout my years, my hair has been treated in a not very nice way, so I have to be careful.
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I went to high school in Stockton, CA.
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Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment.
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Pair up in threes.
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What else does a detective agency really need? Detective agencies rely on human intuition and intelligence, both of which Mma Ramotswe had in abundance. No inventory would ever include those, of course.
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I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.
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I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks.
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Eventually, I'm going to be judged purely on my own merits.
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The purpose of business is to make a reasonable return by making products and services that people want and value. If you are not, you are wasting resources.
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Once I release a song, it's not just about me or the people... I write about. They're my stories, but they're not really mine any more.
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To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.
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Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.
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We continue to see more and more of that - games we didn't necessarily know would work in VR until a developer goes in and discovers the game mechanic that makes it come together. Sure enough, hockey can be a great VR experience.
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I have always paid careful attention to social and economic conflicts, to the dialectic - if we can call it that - between high and low. Maybe it's because I was not born or brought up in affluence.
