Mario Monicelli Quotes
A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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We've always believed in our music.
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Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.
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My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it. We know this thanks to a series of careful studies of the problem conducted in the depths of the 1930s Great Depression.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.
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Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
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I'm always grateful for any kind of moment that keeps my memories alive and gives me a little taste of the excitement I used to get all the time.
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I cook a lot of Italian food. Bucatini Pomodoro is my best: it's a fat spaghetti with tomato, olive oil, and reminds me of getting married in Italy.
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Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will.
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A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is.
