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Quotes by Italian Authors
"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise."
"And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director."
"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."
"I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."
"I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test."
"Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration."
"What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same."
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."
"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art."
"Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him."
"Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him personally and in all confidence."
"We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean."
"I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights."
"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."
"It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us."
"I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention."
"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
"Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder."
"Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary."
"It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God."
"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."
"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."
"Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face."
"The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing."
"Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else."
"It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one."
"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."
"Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out."
"If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love."
"And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight."
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