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- Non cambierò mai idea, - fec...
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J.K. ROWLING Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai.
Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.
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NATALIA GINZBURG Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.
[It., Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli...
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ALESSANDRO D'AVENIA «Non è possibile.»
«Ti prego.»
La sua supplica ha un tono seducente, avvinghia a sé...
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PRIMO LEVI All Italians are plunderers.
[It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]
Not all but a good part.
...
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e ora che non ci sei è il vuoto ad og...
EUGENIO MONTALE Nihal seppe che quella notte sarebbe diventata un guerriero.
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MARK HELPRIN Voi che vivete sicuri
Nelle vostre tiepide case,
Voi che trovate tornando a sera
Il c...
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ALESSANDRO PIERO I'm injured and I am going home.
ALESSANDRO PIERO I feel bad and I'm going home,
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ALESSANDRO PIERO I feel bad and I'm going home,
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ALESSANDRO PIERO Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.
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ALESSANDRO PIERO Us, Germany, Brazil and Argentina - these will be the sides that will battle it out for the title.
ALESSANDRO PIERO My teammates did their best to help but our plans were blown up in the final kilometers by escape at...
ALESSANDRO PETACCHI Last year, nobody talked about [Boonen] before the race and all the pressure was on me. This year th...
ALESSANDRO PETACCHI We have been racing for a week now and each day it is harder to win. Today has been a difficult spri...
ALESSANDRO PETACCHI It's an ugly and difficult finish that you'll have to be very careful about. The last turn is very c...
ALESSANDRO PETACCHI This is the second happiest day in my life. The first one will be when I get married.
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ALESSANDRO NESTA Look, it is an international tournament and no-one wants to make a bad impression.
ALESSANDRO NESTA We still have some hope. It was a real blow to concede a goal like that but we have to do our work a...
ALESSANDRO NESTA We played some excellent football but then we dropped off too deep and allowed them to put us under ...
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ALESSANDRO CORTINI Everything changes when you are away from home for a year. It's just nonstop.
ALESSANDRO CORTINI It was (just) me and my little keyboard and my guitar. It was weird.
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ALESSANDRO MORUZZI The elevation of it adds to the perspective of the whole structure. It started as a necessity becaus...
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ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO It's always hard to be left out,
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ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO Even as a child I was obsessed by the prospect of playing football. Nothing else ever interested me....
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO I'm injured and I am going home.
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO We will have to wait and see what happens,
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO As for Sweden v Denmark it is hard for it to end 2-2. 0-0 and 1-1 are results which are easier to ac...
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO strange, unseemly and unspeakable.
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