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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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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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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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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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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The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.
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Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.
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I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing.
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I had enough therapy to know when I broke it down, it became clearer to me: Yes, comedy was kind of a cleansing thing for me to do.
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Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.
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A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is.
