Italian Quotes - Page 13

• My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

  Louis Gossett, Jr.

  Father, Grew Up, Adopted

  "Being Black and "Difficult" in Hollywood". Interview with Ishmael Reed, www.counterpunch.org. September 24, 2010.

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• I'd like to have any sort of Mexican or Italian food any time of the day!

  Brenda Song

  Mexican, Italian Food

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• I sometimes call my new system 'Italian pagan Catholicism,' but it could more accurately be called 'pragmatic liberalism,' with roots in Enlightenment political philosophy. It is a synthesis of the enduring dual elements in our culture, pagan and Judeo-Christian, Romantic and Classic.

  Camille Paglia

  Christian, Philosophy, Roots

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• Nowadays I actually cook Italian-style food more than French heavy sauces. I make a good salad, some great roasted vegetables, grilled fish. Im crazy about L.A. because at the farmers market you find all kinds of wild mushrooms.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Crazy, Vegetables, Mushrooms

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• I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even though he's very Italian. But his films could have been made in every country. When I say, I feel close to him, then also because we're both born on January 20th.

  David Lynch

  Country, Profound, Admiration

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• I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.

  Martin Scorsese

  New York, America, Who I Am

  "Martin Scorsese Defends 'The Wolf of Wall Street': 'The Devil Comes With a Smile' (Q&A)". Interview with Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 31, 2013.

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• [for indicted foreigners] simple expulsion is not enough (...) they must be arrested immediately, tried using a fast-track procedure, and then expelled to serve their sentences in the countries they came from, (...) it isn't right that foreign criminals are being housed in our [Italian] jails.

  Franco Frattini

  Country, Simple, Jail

  Il Giornale Interview, April 28, 2008.

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• My parents are Polish. I dont know anything about Italian-ness.

  Harry Lloyd

  Parent, Polish, Knows

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• My family, theyre story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we werent allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.

  Meg Cabot

  Mom, Dad, Watches

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• English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.

  Bernardo Bertolucci

  Needs, Dialogue, Theatrical

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• A president from a partner nation should not make comments on Italian politics.

  Anibal Cavaco Silva

  President, Should, Partners

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• In the Italian kitchen, ingredients are not treated as promising but untutored elements that need to be corrected through long and intricate manipulation and refined by the ultimate polish of a sauce.

  Marcella Hazan

  Long, Kitchen, Sauce

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• The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

  Mario Monti

  Economy, Has Beens, Decades

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• I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.

  Mario Monti

  Government, Helping, Mentality

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• Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it.

  Monte Irvin

  War, Fighting, Thinking

  "Giants' pioneer urges outreach to black youths". Interview with John Shea, www.sfgate.com. April 18, 2010.

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• No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.

  Nas

  Native American, African American, Matter

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• It's in their modest home. You go into their kitchen and serve yourself. It's all homemade. It's authentic Italian.

  Graham Spanier

  Home, Kitchen, Modest

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• I prefer more spicy food to your Italian to be fair.

  Peter Shilton

  Spicy, Spicy Food, Fairs

  Interview with Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2010.

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• She wanted an Italian sports car - with the sport still in it.

  Milton Berle

  Christmas, Sports, Car

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• A really interesting and happy time was when I first went to Florence as a student and studied Italian. I was living in a pensione on an allowance of £40 a month, which was princely. I did a lot of work and enjoyed myself immensely.

  James Fenton

  Happy Times, Interesting, Florence

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• My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don't want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Beautiful, Simple, Years

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• I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties.

  Morena Baccarin

  Party, Avid, Littles

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way.

  Joy Behar

  Thinking, People, Way

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• I am not 100% English, I am actually part Italian and even part Hungarian. Therefore I feel very much part of Europe both in my upbringing and outlook.

  Bruce Bennett

  Europe, Outlook, Feels

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• If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.

  Jason Bateman

  Gay, People, Complaining

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