Elena Ferrante Quotes
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.
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I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read.
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No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
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Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
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I am not a big reader to begin with.
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My father basically had two ways of judging anything. Either something was poetic or it wasn't.
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I started karate in middle school when my parents wanted me to babysit my younger brother. He was a little troublemaker, so they wanted me to make sure the class was going okay. I ended up being way more into it than my brother.
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I really like the mission at SurveyMonkey, which is, we help people make better decisions. It's just a great thing.
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The Great Khali always serves up a good beatdown if you can't get out from under that heavy hand.
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Our universities and museums are respected around the country.
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Accurst be he that first invented war.
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Black lives are too easy to take in America because we don't want to question why people are so afraid of black and brown people to begin with. And that's what I want 'Strong Island' to do.
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I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing... like the wordless thought that comes from looking in a fire.
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For me, it's really like, okay, if you go far with the unexpected materials and unexpected proportions or volumes, then keep the colors quite simple and straightforward for men.
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I don't like to write boring books.
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Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?
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The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them.
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I had a meal in Pizza Hut and the waitress told me I didn't need to pay. So I decided to be a bit cheeky and ask for more pizza and garlic bread.
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For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!
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I bake all the time, but I don't like to eat the cookies when they're done. I just like the dough.
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That year it seemed to me that I expanded like pizza dough.
