Roberto Benigni Quotes
The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.
Quotes to Explore
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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It's mystifying to me why the House leadership will not allow a straight up-or-down vote on a pay raise. I vote against every pay raise because taxpayers deserve better.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.
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The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.
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When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state.
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I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn't be afraid to be a kid. I like having fun.
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To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
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I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.
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Is it possible to observe without the observer?
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A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.
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You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.
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I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story.
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When I moved to New York City from Israel, I came here with the idea to get a great job, have tons of fun, and make a lot of money. Growing up in Israel, I watched a lot of American TV, and I thought it's what the 'cool' people did, and I wanted the same thing.
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The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable.
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The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.
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I don't believe in awards, and I think only film fare awards are faring.
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If you look at any station, you will see that what people are reporting comes from what they believe in, where they stand, their background, what their countries believe in.
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The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.
