Elena Ferrante Quotes
I thought: yes, Lila is right, the beauty of things is a trick, the sky is the throne of fear; I'm alive, now, here, ten steps from the water, and it is not beautiful, it's terrifying; along with this beach, the sea, the swarm of animal forms, I am part of the universal terror.Elena Ferrante
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
Daniel Craig -
Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
Eduardo Chillida -
I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
Hansie Cronje -
I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
Jack Kerouac -
Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.
Eckhart Tolle -
Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
Kate Forsyth
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No one remembers who came in second.
Walter Hagen -
I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
Eckhard Pfeiffer -
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
Wendell Johnson -
I don't want to lose what I've won.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. White
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde -
After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.
Nancy Sinatra -
My life was made easy - I lived in a village, and by writing for some newspapers and magazines, had enough to live on. I was happy to be there and write.
Pankaj Mishra -
Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
Pablo Neruda -
In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.
Nate Silver -
After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
P. J. O'Rourke
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All early entrepreneurs fall prey to the same problem, which is everyone believes that if you are super intense in the beginning, work long hours, that you can create something quickly and that entrepreneurship is almost something that happens overnight.
Jennifer Hyman -
You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.
Bill James -
Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
John Milton -
I want to be in 'Star Wars.' That would be amazing.
Luke Benward -
I thought: yes, Lila is right, the beauty of things is a trick, the sky is the throne of fear; I'm alive, now, here, ten steps from the water, and it is not beautiful, it's terrifying; along with this beach, the sea, the swarm of animal forms, I am part of the universal terror.
Elena Ferrante