Elena Ferrante Quotes
But I felt that things were taking a turn for the worse, and I was frightened. Having to stay alert in order to avoid mistakes and confront dangers had exhausted me to the point where sometimes simply the urgency of doing something made me think that I really had done it.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.
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I'm an outsider.
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There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, 'You must read this.' I've always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America, a discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.
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I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.
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I am always relaxed.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
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My mom was a housewife and a sponge, who would absorb everything and make it all look like a fairytale when he entered the house. For instance, when he came home, I would always be seen studying with my books open. She always made sure that Dad went back to the shoot happily.
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As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.
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I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It's great. She's perfect.
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I was in love when I was in college; we all were. I remember how beautiful everybody was. Even the plain people looked beautiful.
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What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching.
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I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
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I always look for my mistakes so I can correct them in the future.
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Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes. I'm going to look stupid. I'm going to say things I want to retract. I'm going to sing notes I wish I could have back, there's just no getting around the stumble, but if you stumble enough times you're going to fall off the edge and have no choice but to freakin' fly.
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An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.
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But I felt that things were taking a turn for the worse, and I was frightened. Having to stay alert in order to avoid mistakes and confront dangers had exhausted me to the point where sometimes simply the urgency of doing something made me think that I really had done it.
