Elena Ferrante Quotes
As I traveled toward Milan, I discovered that, with Lila set aside, I didn’t know how to give myself substance except by modeling myself on Nino. I was incapable of being a model for myself. Without him I no longer had a nucleus from which to expand outside the neighborhood and through the world, I was a pile of debris.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
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I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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I'm really familiar with what Cardboard's doing; it's not a novel concept. Cardboard is in many ways a direct ripoff of FOV2GO, a project I helped work on when I was at ICT, and it was fairly well known in the academic VR community.
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What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.
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I'm not a model; hence I don't see the reason to have a six-pack abs. I can pull off a tough and rugged look of a cop in 'Dhoom' series without taking my shirt off. Cops don't have to move around without a shirt to flaunt their machismo. What makes the character of a cop stand out is his attitude and not his six-pack abs.
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Natalia Vodianova is a model who always did it right. She was able to just put her personality out there, and I try to do that all the time.
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As I traveled toward Milan, I discovered that, with Lila set aside, I didn’t know how to give myself substance except by modeling myself on Nino. I was incapable of being a model for myself. Without him I no longer had a nucleus from which to expand outside the neighborhood and through the world, I was a pile of debris.
