Elena Ferrante Quotes
For children parents are always a burden. But parents who draw too much attention to themselves are intolerable.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic school study is a different thing. I can't quite grasp that.
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I gained 60 pounds, and I'm proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I'm pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat.
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I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.
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I spent 19 years as a Washington reporter covering a variety of beats.
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China will be the answer to Japan's problems.
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The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.
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In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.
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I've been writing and making my own music for a long time.
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Playing live is great, but it's not a creative thing, really. It's a reproductive thing.
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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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Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
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The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.
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There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.
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I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.
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When couples have children in excess, let abortion be procured before sense and life have begun; what may or may not be lawfully done in these cases depends on the question of life and sensation.
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For children parents are always a burden. But parents who draw too much attention to themselves are intolerable.
