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Quotes by Italian Authors

"We all need illusions. That's why we love movies."

"We all need illusions. That's why we love movies."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

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"The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."

"The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan."

"And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan."

Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman

Policy, Foreignpolicy, Generosity

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"When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger."

"When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger."

Giovanni Guareschi, Italian Journalist

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"Every citizen in every country in the world now grows up in two nations. Their own and Hollywood."

"Every citizen in every country in the world now grows up in two nations. Their own and Hollywood."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Country, Hollywood, Nations, Now

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"In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things."

"In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Art, Famous, Opera

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"Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood."

"Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

Movies, Hollywood, professionals

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"The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen."

"The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen."

Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Clergyman

Fishermen, Force, Glory, Poor

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"Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned."

"Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned."

Ignazio Silone, Italian Author

Destiny, Invention

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"You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave."

"You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

Beauty, Women, Children, Cowards

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"The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth."

"The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth."

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian Statesman

Peace, Culture, Earth, Nations

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"If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way."

"If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"I'm not invited. I'm not on the A list, haven't been on it in 20 years and my feet have never trod its red fluffy carpets."

"I'm not invited. I'm not on the A list, haven't been on it in 20 years and my feet have never trod its red fluffy carpets."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

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"I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like."

"I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles."

"My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

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"The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation."

"The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Rights, Nation, Obstacles, Theory

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"When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice."

"When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Difference, First, Old, Voice

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"It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good."

"It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good."

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian Director

Media, American

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"As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment."

"As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment."

Valentino Rossi, Italian Athlete

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"But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either."

"But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either."

Teresa de Lauretis, Italian Author

Woman, Women, Theory

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"Envy is human nature."

"Envy is human nature."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

Nature, Envy, Human nature

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"I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case."

"I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case."

Mario Monti, Italian Public Servant

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"I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages."

"I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Actor, Countries, Now, Years

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"I don't think there is too much art involved in what I do."

"I don't think there is too much art involved in what I do."

Giorgio Moroder, Italian Producer

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"Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension."

"Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

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"The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone."

"The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Equality, Peace, Trust, Nations

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"Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies."

"Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies."

Asia Argento, Italian Actress

Movies, Action, Years

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"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

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"My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity."

"My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Mother, Father, Childhood, Humanity

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"I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time."

"I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time."

Sergio Leone, Italian Director

Time, America, Eyes

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"When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco."

"When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco."

Arturo Toscanini, Italian Musician

Time, Day, First, Woman

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"For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind."

"For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

History, Time, Goal, Building

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"There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed."

"There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Woman, Women, Idea, Play, Succeed

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"The fact is that even art is subject to fashion."

"The fact is that even art is subject to fashion."

Hugo Pratt, Italian Cartoonist

Art, Fact, Fashion

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"Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble."

"Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble."

Giorgio Morandi, Italian Artist

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"The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow."

"The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Law, Laws, State, States

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"Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world."

"Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Music, Creation, Echo, Voice

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"Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop."

"Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

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"Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant."

"Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant."

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Writer

Man, Maturity, Will

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"And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite."

"And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

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"I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin."

"I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

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"To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio."

"To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio."

Arturo Toscanini, Italian Musician

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"I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope."

"I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

Hope, Drugs, Medicine, Nothing

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"Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again."

"Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again."

Marsilio Ficino, Italian Philosopher

Dream, Dreams, Books, Feet, Freedom

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"A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together."

"A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Art, Ending, Film

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"I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you."

"I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

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"It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything."

"It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

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"I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US."

"I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US."

Mario Monti, Italian Public Servant

Experience, Europe, Justice, Respect

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"The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others."

"The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others."

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian Statesman

Destiny, Nation

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"I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end."

"I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Death, Life, End, Now

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