Elena Ferrante Quotes
Childhood is a tissue of lies that endure in the past tense.
Elena Ferrante
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
Dana Goodyear
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
Barbara Palvin
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
Rachel Kushner
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Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
E. F. Benson
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I like to accentuate the feminine form, so I'm a big fan of corsets. A woman's body is beautiful and should be shown off and celebrated. I love a simple and elegant dress that highlights my waist.
Haley Bennett
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
Upamanyu Chatterjee
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Yelp is - I mean, Yelp's not even good for looking up the restaurant's phone number because, you know, on the site, they just want you to read their reviews and look at their ads. They don't even actually want to give you the information about the restaurant or the menu.
Andrew Zimmern
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Thus the period we are studying is remarkable for achieving, not merely the right of free alienation of land, but also the right of alienation by secret conveyance. The latter achievement we may sometimes regret; but it was, probably, necessary for the complete emancipation of land from its its ancient tribal and feudal bonds.
Edward Jenks
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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I had no interest at all in opera or singing. I saw my fellow students struggling with their scores, laboring to memorize operatic roles, and I thought, 'That's not for me!'
Albina Shagimuratova
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My own experience with trains dates to long-ago childhood trips with my family in Mississippi to see my grandmother off at the station in Jackson, bound for Memphis.
Alan Huffman
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Childhood is a tissue of lies that endure in the past tense.
Elena Ferrante