Elena Ferrante Quotes
Maybe there's no second time without a third, but there is a first time without a second.
Quotes to Explore
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math.
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It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.
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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
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A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town.
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Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
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My ancestors are Rajputs from Jaipur, a lineage of the royal family.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.
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I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.
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Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesn't really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else.
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Maybe there's no second time without a third, but there is a first time without a second.
