"I really had wanted to learn Italian for a long time. I think ever since - or even maybe even before I had read Dante. And I just sort of had this idea that I wanted to read Dante in Italian. And then in my office, we actually had a class - an Italian class."

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Source : "Translator Behind Elena Ferrante Novels Says Her Job Is To Be An 'Enabler'". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. February 20, 2016.

Ann Goldstein

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“One of the first ways to begin building your self-confidence is to focus on what's great about you.”

Source : Marshall Sylver (1997). “Passion Profit Power”, p.122, Simon and Schuster
“From my most unnoticed actions, my most veiled writing from these alone will I be understood.”

Source : "Hidden Things". Poem by C.P. Cavafy,
“Motivation is the key to success in whatever you're doing in life. It comes a lot easier when you're doing something you love and have passion for. My goal is to have a good time and a hot run. And I'm not afraid of disappointment -- it only makes me work harder.”
“I kind of just roll up on stage. I realize that as soon as I find myself wearing something that I haven't worn ten times in the past, I'm like, "Who am I right now? I don't recognize myself!"”
“Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.”

Source : "Angela Ahrendts Reveals The Secret To Burberry’s Success" by Sarah Karmali, www.vogue.co.uk. August 5, 2013.
“Well you learn from making mistakes. It's that simple.”
“Opportunities present themselves to me. That's how my whole life has been pretty much. I've been lucky.”
“There's a lot of anxiety about terrorism among the country at large. There's also a feeling the country has stagnated.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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