Elena Ferrante Quotes
He had rid himself so fiercely of memory, language, the capacity to find meaning that it seemed obvious the hatred he had for himself, for his own skin, for his moods, for his thoughts and words, for the brutal corner of the world that had enveloped him.Elena Ferrante
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.
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I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.
Rachel Hunter -
That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.
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I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.
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Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
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When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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I remember doing one of those computer careers tests. It told me I'd make an ideal HGV lorry driver because I've got 100 per cent spatial awareness. I'd be able to back them into tight parking spots.
Olivia Colman -
If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.
Friedrich August von Hayek -
World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world under law- is realistic and attainable.
U Thant -
I was starting all over. It's a tough road up here and last year, for whatever reason, I probably deserved it (the criticism).
Joe Gibbs -
He had rid himself so fiercely of memory, language, the capacity to find meaning that it seemed obvious the hatred he had for himself, for his own skin, for his moods, for his thoughts and words, for the brutal corner of the world that had enveloped him.
Elena Ferrante