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Quotes by Italian Authors

"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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"Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap."

"Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

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"Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more."

"Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Benefit, Benefits, May

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"After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon."

"After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon."

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian Director

Time, First, Silence

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"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear."

"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Love, Men, Fear

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"Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety."

"Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety."

Gabriele Nanni, Italian Theologian

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"I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me."

"I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

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"Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society."

"Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody."

"Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody."

Natalia Ginzburg, Italian Author

Men, Disaster, Today

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"I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome."

"I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Music, Rome, School

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"There is no certainty; there is only adventure."

"There is no certainty; there is only adventure."

Roberto Assagioli, Italian Psychologist

Adventure, Certainty

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"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."

"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

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"Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever."

"Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever."

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Writer

Beginning, Spiritual

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"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

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"Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return."

"Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

Love, God, Heart, Job

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"Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not."

"Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly."

"In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Attention, Fact, Now, Trying

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"When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life."

"When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

Life, Friends, Pleasure

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"We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury."

"We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury."

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian Scientist

End, Mercury, Open

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"The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines."

"The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

Living, Race, Zone

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"I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."

"I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Death, End, Now

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"Nature is the art of God."

"Nature is the art of God."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Nature, Art, God

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"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."

"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Reason, Suicide

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"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Authority, Nothing, Silence

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"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

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"What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts."

"What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

Inspirational, Talent, Genius, Inspiration, Nothing

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"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."

"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

Death, Power, Heresy, Reason

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"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, Competition, Want

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"No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it."

"No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it."

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian Poet

Appreciation, Smile, World

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"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

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"And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal."

"And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

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"The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience."

"The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Life, Experience, Work, Film

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"Let them hate so long as they fear."

"Let them hate so long as they fear."

Lucius Accius, Italian Poet

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"I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image."

"I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

Time, First, Sky

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"It's very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world."

"It's very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world."

Angelo Scola, Italian Clergyman

Church, Fault, World

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"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."

"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian Designer

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"Heroes can be sweet."

"Heroes can be sweet."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Heroism, Heroes

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"A woman is always a mystery: one must not be fooled by her face and her hearts inspiration."

"A woman is always a mystery: one must not be fooled by her face and her hearts inspiration."

Edmondo De Amicis, Italian Novelist

Inspirational, Inspiration, Woman

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"Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will."

"Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

History, Work, Thought, Audiences

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"He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."

"He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

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"My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good."

"My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Success, Evil, World

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"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."

"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

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"In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected."

"In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected."

Bruno Rossi, Italian Scientist

Progress, World

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"Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs."

"Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Cinema, Dogs, Fleas, Old

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"I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems."

"I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Man, Problems, Woman

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