Natalia Ginzburg Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
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Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
