Elsa Morante Quotes
Man, by his very nature, tends to give himself an explanation of the world into which he is born. And this is what distinguishes him from the other species. Every individual, even the least intelligent, the lowest of outcasts, from childhood on gives himself some explanation of the world. And with it he manages to live. And without it, he would sink into madness.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.
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There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore.
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.
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The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.
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To act is to rest.
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All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?
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Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.
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Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.
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Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.
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Divinity lies all around us, but society remains too hidebound to accept that fact...The mother sea and the fountain-head of all religions lies in the mystical experiences of the individual.
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No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual.
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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In this way my mother fell short as a parent, which was something I had to learn to accept because it's how she was, and either you accept people as they are or you turn your back on them and walk away. Those are the choices: forbearance or flight, although that philosophy was slow in coming to me, and for many years, I expected more from people than they could give.
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Man, by his very nature, tends to give himself an explanation of the world into which he is born. And this is what distinguishes him from the other species. Every individual, even the least intelligent, the lowest of outcasts, from childhood on gives himself some explanation of the world. And with it he manages to live. And without it, he would sink into madness.
