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 don't like to write boring books.
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There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.
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The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.
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I don't want to be owned by anyone.
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I agree with Scott Turow: A courtroom is inherently dramatic. You walk into court - it's like an ER, you know? Life and death is going on there. And it's moment-by-moment, and it's packed with energy. And even though you think you know what a witness is going to say, you can be wrong. Witnesses surprise you.
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Life is good, after all...and that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland.
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Whenever I speak at a conference, I try to catch a few of the other presentations. I tend to stand in the back and listen, observe, and get a general sense of the room.
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I can completely lose myself into just absolutely satisfying things - a really amazing cheeseburger, a pizza, good fries, a beer. I enjoy being comfortable and eating whatever the hell I like. It's a big thing for me, just having the freedom to be able to do that.
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That year it seemed to me that I expanded like pizza dough.
