Elena Ferrante Quotes
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.
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I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
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Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.
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Conservative journalists don't just have the inside track on Republican strategy - they help devise it.
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I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
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Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.
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My mom is a beautiful, amazing woman. We didn't have a ton of money growing up, and even, at one point, we were living on food stamps. But my mom still managed to make sure we ate healthy and were always fed nutritious meals!
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Maybe I should tell her that things without a meaning are the most beautiful ones.
