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Quotes by Italian Authors
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words."
"I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready."
"After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question."
"Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression."
"I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men."
"Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart."
"I adopt a very simple approach. I observe and reflect real life and ordinary people and sooner or later that raises a laugh."
"The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses."
"I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years."
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him."
"No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite."
"I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?"
"Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that."
"I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course."
"Sex is like washing your face - just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it."
"Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances."
"Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress."
"The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art."
"We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved."
"Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'"
"And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years."
"There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember."
"There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about."
"Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy."
"Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace."
"This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it."
"If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season."
"And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight."
"You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics."
"I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery."
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