Natalia Ginzburg Quotes
As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality, and we are consumed with regret for the time when they glowed within us. And in this succession of hopes and regrets our life slips by.
Quotes to Explore
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it there.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem.
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Your body has space within you that cannot die.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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I really hate Nicki Minaj, but I don't know why I hate her. I just hate her face, you know? So I went and just looked at some Nicki Minaj videos so I would have a leg to stand on if I ever met someone who liked her.
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Isolated incidents have lateral, lasting implications.
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The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
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As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality, and we are consumed with regret for the time when they glowed within us. And in this succession of hopes and regrets our life slips by.
