Some of the ideas here might not strike you as particularly Italian. And you'd be right. Remember, we are ... Italian-Americans. We live here, just like many of you, and we can't help but be swayed and inspired by homegrown practices.
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Related The death of an Italian tailor might not be calamitous in Catania or Cagliari, but the loss to Soho ... HOWARD JACOBSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could ... WENDY MASS Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL We are not interested in him. But he might be interesting for a few other Italian sides anyway. LUCIANO MOGGI We are here to create, not destroy. VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN What is the meaning of life…to give life meaning. CLIFFORD COHEN If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO We are small but we are many We are many we are small We were here before you rose We... NEIL GAIMAN Italian-Americans are not the Mafia. CHAZZ PALMINTERI Remember that we will not be here forever. Good thoughts, good ideas, and good deeds have a chance t... DEBASISH MRIDHA There might be a time when they need some help. Then you just jump in and you do something. It might... BARNEY ROLING Just be yourself and live life, because no one knows with surety what we are doing here on Earth. So... INNOCENT MWATSIKESIMBE I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART Saturday night we had five young Italian people in here. They were heading to the casinos and stoppe... GENE CANDELORO You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER You are here to evolve and make your consciousness high.You are here to dance, sing and celebrate li... AMIT RAY You certainly believe in the power of love. And throughout the series, you see how love shows itself... MOUTASEM ALGHARATI I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic t... IRVIN MAYFIELD Until we know who we are and why we are here, no amount of success, fame, money, or pleasure will pr... JAMES C. DOBSON -Elle, we might not know much about each other, and I might not be there, and you might not be here,... ASHLEY POSTON When we are kind and forgiving, we will be forgiven. DEBASISH MRIDHA Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Aliens have been here for millennium. But they didn't come in spaceships. They came in orange s... ANTHONY T. HINCKS Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it. GINA GREENLEE You don't need the iPhone: you have the most exquisite apparatus in the known universe sitting r... JON KABAT-ZINN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Many of us are afraid of what society will think of our true selves, but just as we must accept that... DEDRICK D. L. PITTER I think we recognize as Americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and... ANN ROMNEY People think of Porta Bella as being a fine dining restaurant, but I don't think so. Are we more tha... EDWARD SHINNICK As empaths, we are not here to be sponges or enablers. We are here to be helpers, guides, and suppor... ALETHEIA LUNA Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago. CLAIRE FORLANI If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as ga... JASON BATEMAN We do not choose to be born...We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of ou... JOSEPH EPSTEIN Those are not particularly the ones we're looking at here, but we have to be careful with duplicatio... MITCH DANIELS We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong. ROXANE GAY What we have, however, is an issue that has tremendous impact here at home, and we believe that Amer... TED STEVENS We are also receiving help from many other church members of other denominations throughout the comm... JEFF LEHMAN We're not here to tell you what to do. We're here to listen to you and help you with our good will w... ROBERT ALMINANA You don't have the best of the best in AAA because Jefferson and Wheeling Park aren't here, but in t... CHRIS PARSONS You are worth more than you think you are SOTONYE ANGA We made it look as Italian as we could inside. JOSIE RUSSO As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever ... MITCH ALBOM In Auburn, the Italian community is small but very enthusiastic, and many students enroll every term... GIOVANNA SUMMERFIELD Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS There are some pretty talented kids out there, but we have three of the best right here. We all push... ADAM BRINK I am Italian and Hungarian by descent. Or, as we say in my neighborhood, I'm John Kerry Irish. CHRIS GABRIELI We live aware of God moment by moment. He is not part of our lives; He is our life. CRAIG GROESCHEL I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when yo... ROGER FEDERER As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein... JOHNNY RAMONE We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Here. Here I am. You've taken everything from us, but not who we are! We still exist! One day g... BRUNO APITZ Be the good in others, and you will see the good in others. Be the evil in others and you will see t... PHILIP T. M. I bet the people who are in the auto industry right now have more than 10,000 good ideas about what ... ERIC RIES If we always live in constant fear then we might miss the beauty of the moment r... S. TARR I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, li... ELIZABETH OLSEN I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will d... JOSHUA LEDERBERG We plan to offer one superior level every semester until we are able to add Italian IV. We weren't c... JUAN ALCARRIA I think we need to be more aware of it. We're just visitors for four years, but they live here and t... LAURA GODFREY We just need to market to (teenagers) through gay-straight alliances in high schools. Just tell them... JOSEPH COOK We're extremely proud of where we are. We didn't know much about Prince Edward, but we knew they ear... JULIAN BUMBREY God is merciful cant we all be on the right track of faith but just using different roads? ALI AL-AHMED Moving with New Ideas - We live with many old ideas keeping a less space for new thoughts and ideas ... DR.T.V.RAO MD Many Americans, we know, are horrified by the posture of their government but seem to be helpless. HAROLD PINTER She was thinking how all those paths and the lawn, thick and knotted with the lives they had lived t... VIRGINIA WOOLF Finalement, ce n'est peut-être pas la corruption ni l'avidité qui rend lâche. Peut-être n'est-ce... ANN BRASHARES Jeżeli chce się żyć każdą nadarzającą się chwilą, trzeba umierać dla każdej innej chwili... ALDOUS HUXLEY We are inspired by what is happening here. The revolution here is electoral. It has inspired us to t... DOLORES HUERTA You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Drag... TERRY PRATCHETT We were able to put some boats between us and the Italian in today's first race, which gave us a com... DAVE ULLMAN Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE I came here for my sisters ? to help them get married ? and to help me have some kind of future. We ... MAGED EISSA As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein... JOHNNY RAMONE We found six coin workshops in Italy, and one we found in Spain was run by Italian counterfeiters. IANNIS XENAKIS And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian governmen... UMBERTO GUIDONI There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course... ALFRED MOLINA Nobody out here is having more fun than we are, and we wanted to keep it that way. Right now, it hur... GABE NORWOOD I love Italian food; it's soulful like French food. Italian food is original and homey; it's... DANIEL BOULUD I don't really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered a... QUENTIN TARANTINO We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require care... PETER YARROW You can't predict when people are going to die. You have to be here to help the families, not just t... DAN BARRETT The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL The kids are handling the rankings well. We just tell them to remember where they came from, what go... JOE SCHOENFELD This isn't the life I thought we'd have, my love.
This isn't the way I thought we'd be living, my de... JESSICA MADLE I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not don... LEE KUAN YEW We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not. ANTHONY T. HINCKS
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