Elena Ferrante Quotes
To carry out any project to which you attach your own name you have to love yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I won't join another band again.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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I can't play a character that I am judging.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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By the experience of active love. Strive to love your neighbour actively and indefatigably. In as far as you advance in love you will grow surer of the reality of God and of the immortality of your soul. If you attain to perfect self – forgetfulness in the love of your neighbour, then you will believe without doubt, and no doubt can possibly enter your soul. This has been tried. This is certain.
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To carry out any project to which you attach your own name you have to love yourself.
