You may have the universe if I may have Italy.

classic quote by Giuseppe Verdi
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Italians have no sense of the dramatic.

quote by Jose Carreras
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Expostulations Of The Child-Man, The Pope In Italian Miniatures - A Mystery

The pope in Italian
exclaims, 'Bring me! '
and the echoes bring to him
his bounded wants.

The pope in Italian
twirls his fake mustache, hides behind curtains layered
thick, plots the Blessed Virgin tied upon the tracks, his
dramatic rescue of Her, the imagined headline, Greatest Of Popes.

The pope in Italian
embraces a Statue of St. Micheal when the
guards are not looking, whispers the hour of
the deed, pleads for advancement of the plot.

The pope in Italian
blesses conspiring shadows in mirrored tiles reflecting back, the
guards pretend not to notice his continual muttering, the halting gait,
the concealed silk handkerchief purposefully dropped, they wink at each other.

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poem by Warren Falcon
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The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

quote by Gregory Corso
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7-11

I met her at the 7-11 now Im in the 7th
Heaveb tell me, tell me can this be true
I never thought Id ever meet a girl like you
She was standing by the space invaders so I said
Can I see you later yeah we went for a little
Spin down to teh holiday inn
We was young and in love we was young and in love
And youre the only girl Im ever thinking of
We went down to the record swap the kids were
Dancing to the blitzkrieg bop bop-shoo-wop
Shoo-wop shoo-wop bop-shoo-wop shoo-wop shoo-wop
What ever happened to the radio and where did all
The fun sons go summer fun, with the beach boys on
But we all know what went wrong oh-wo-wo
We was young and in love we was young and in love
And youre the only girl Im ever dreaming of
And so we went down to the dance which turned
Into a whole romance and after just one night
I never knew things could be so right
Oh-no-no-no-no-no-no-no

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song performed by Ramones
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In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.

quote by Donatella Versace
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Caesar Redivivus

In the olive groves of Italy
Men minds are all aflame;
For the war-lust spreads thro' Italy,
Where war-lords call the game.
And they dream of Roman legions
And the glory that was Rome's;
Yet reck not of the misery
That stalks Italian homes.

By the vine-clad hills of Italy
Men talk and dream of war;
Of the triumphs that were Caesar's,
And the glories known of yore.
But a mockery of triumph,
And an end to dreaming vain
Comes to victor, as to vanquichsed,
With a counting of the slain.

Oh, the women-folk of Italy,
They give their sons to Mars;

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poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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A Cultural Difference!

What Americans
Do in the beach Italians do
In the bedroom!

poem by Ramesh T A
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.

quote by Alain Prost
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I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians.

quote by Elton John
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Shes Beside You

Written by dan peek, 1976
Found on hideaway.
Do wop, do wop ...
Youve got to give, youve got to live
Youve got to show everyone that you know
Till you know shes beside you
Till you know shes beside you
Youve got to shout all about
Youve got to tell everyone that you know
Till you know shes beside you
Till you know shes beside you
cause I know just how it feels
To find that love is real, so real
Youve got to shout all about
Youve got to tell everyone that you know
Till you know shes beside you
Till you know shes beside you
cause I know just how it feels
To find that love is real, so real
Youve got to give, youve got to live

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song performed by America
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Spanish Maybe!

Si Senor, der dago,
Alina lorez inarow,
Dement lorez,
Demis trux,
Fula hensan
Geesan dux.

Anon.

poem by Ernestine Northover
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Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them.

quote by Johan Cruijff
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Choral Leader With a Love

On you they're too dependent,
And that's what you love.
A dependency defended,
And fits like a glove.

On your nerves they irritate,
And you wish from them to get away...
To breathe and celebrate.
But you're the one who picked this tune.
Deciding what is done they do.

On you they're too dependent,
And that's what you love.
A dependency defended,
And fits like a glove.

In harmony with them you choose their solos too.
Trying to convince yourself you've had it and you're through.

A choral leader with a focus only to lead.

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I love the Italian culture, it's a beautiful culture. I love the language, the Italian people, their music, their attitudes...I just love it! Sometimes I think I'm an Italian trapped in a Spanish woman's body.

quote by Penelope Cruz
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I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.

quote by Oriana Fallaci
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The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the French sing.

French proverbs
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I wasn't speaking a word of Italian until I was 18. They had to dub my voice in my first Italian picture!

quote by Claudia Cardinale
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As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.

quote by Mario Batali
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Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

quote by E.M. Forster
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