Elena Ferrante Quotes
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.
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Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.
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I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.
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Teaching was my first job after leaving university. It was a challenge, but I enjoyed it. Some of the kids were disruptive, but I could deal with it because I was only 24 at the time, and my own school memories were still fresh.
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I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.
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Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.
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Simplicity is not so simple to attain.
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German law takes precedence over sharia. The full face veil should be banned, wherever legally possible.
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Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot .
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for.
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The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.
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Lies are better than tranquilizers.
