Mario Balotelli Quotes
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.
-
Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
-
No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
-
There are no friends at cards or world politics.
-
To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.
-
So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me five years to build it, it was stolen from me and stripped. I said, well maybe we should have another where we shouldn't steal from each other.
-
People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'
-
I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.
-
I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the astronauts. I believe that their names will remain as the bright sparkling stars in the universe and will light the way for those who will follow them on the difficult roads of space exploration.
-
When you've finished reading every last thing by a famous writer, literary convention holds that you move on to his or her letters, the DVD extras peddled by publishers.
-
Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan.
-
I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism.
-
History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all.
-
I can count my friends on one hand.
-
When I was 11 years old, I was bullied. It mainly started when I moved to California to pursue my dreams of being an actress. Kids back home in Texas, who I thought were my friends, were saying things behind my back. They said that I would never make it because I wasn't talented or pretty enough to be on TV.
-
You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.
-
I feel naked without my rings, and don't like walking out of the house without them, even if they do tear half of my sweaters and stab my friends in the eye.
-
As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.
-
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
-
The new racism, like God, works in mysterious ways and is quite effective in maintaining white privilege. For example, instead of saying as they used to say during the Jim Crow era that they do not want us as neighbors, they say things nowadays such as 'I am concerned about crime, property values and schools.'
-
I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
-
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
-
One of the things I loved about my childhood was that I didn't feel like I lost my innocence too young, like some children these days.
-
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.
