Elena Ferrante Quotes
To be born in that city is useful for only one thing: to have always known, almost instinctively, what today, with endless fine distinctions, everyone is beginning to claim: that the dream of unlimited progress is in reality a nightmare of savagery and death.
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U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult when people say, 'Aw, you should have made a really big hip hop record, that would have been really good for you' or, 'You should have made a song like Lily Allen, that would have been so great.'
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.
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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
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If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
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People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
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You couldn't make the fans throw up their hands if they swallowed their fingers.
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I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.
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At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.
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Annie Lee Smith was my mother's name. My father's name was George Washington Smith. I have to tell you, I got all of my attributes from them, obviously, the tangibles, the intangibles. Particularly my work ethic, my dedication.
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I spent almost 25 years at Qualcomm before joining Microsoft, so in a sense, I grew up at one company. During that time, I made a very big shift from the engineering side to the business side.
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Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at 14 to when he left at 65.
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'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
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It's our job to do everything possible to keep the international community's focus on MH17. That's our obligation to the victims and their loved ones.
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By providing memorable social media customer service, companies not only create deeper connections with consumers, but they glean valuable insights on how to improve their products or services.
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To be born in that city is useful for only one thing: to have always known, almost instinctively, what today, with endless fine distinctions, everyone is beginning to claim: that the dream of unlimited progress is in reality a nightmare of savagery and death.
