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Small: A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it
"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it"
Michelangelo, Artist
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Small: Art is never finished, only abandoned
Leonardo da Vinci
"Art is never finished, only abandoned"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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Small: I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them
Antonio Porchia
"I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them"
Antonio Porchia, Poet
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Small: He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone
Antonio Porchia
"He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone"
Antonio Porchia, Poet
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Small: Suspicion is the cancer of friendship
"Suspicion is the cancer of friendship"
Petrarch, Poet
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Small: Whatever I take, I take too much or too little I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to m
Antonio Porchia
"Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me"
Antonio Porchia, Poet
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Small: Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
Leonardo da Vinci
"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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Small: Water is the driving force of all nature
Leonardo da Vinci
"Water is the driving force of all nature"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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Small: My poverty is not complete: it lacks me
Antonio Porchia
"My poverty is not complete: it lacks me"
Antonio Porchia, Poet
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Small: Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity
Antonio Porchia
"Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity"
Antonio Porchia, Poet
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Small: In Italian there is an expression: We dont sleep on the fame
Donatella Versace
"In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame"
Donatella Versace, Designer
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Small: Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas
Donatella Versace
"Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas"
Donatella Versace, Designer
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Small: Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try
"Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child"
Andrea Bocelli, Musician
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Small: All that counts in life is intention
"All that counts in life is intention"
Andrea Bocelli, Musician
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Small: Its true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger
"It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger"
Andrea Bocelli, Musician
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Small: When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great
"When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great"
Andrea Bocelli, Musician
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Small: I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horse
"I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me"
Andrea Bocelli, Musician
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Small: Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding
"Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding"
Gian Carlo Menotti, Composer
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Small: A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance
"A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance"
Gian Carlo Menotti, Composer
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Small: Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal
"Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
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Small: I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me
"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me"
Camillo di Cavour, Statesman
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Small: The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them
"The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them"
Camillo di Cavour, Statesman
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Small: Translation is the art of failure
"Translation is the art of failure"
Umberto Eco, Novelist
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Small: Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than anothers fear
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear"
Umberto Eco, Novelist
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Small: The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters
"The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters"
Galileo Galilei, Scientist
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Small: Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are
"Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not"
Galileo Galilei, Scientist
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Small: In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to
"In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature"
Giorgio Vasari, Artist
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Small: Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while t
"Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it"
Giorgio Vasari, Artist
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Small: Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to
"Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity"
Marino Marini, Sculptor
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Small: I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on
"I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on"
Dino De Laurentiis, Director
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Small: The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle
"The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle"
Pietro Mascagni, Composer
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Small: How do Ferrari know what Im doing next year when I dont know what Im doing next week?
Valentino Rossi
"How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?"
Valentino Rossi, Athlete
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Small: There is no redemption from hell
Pope Paul III
"There is no redemption from hell"
Pope Paul III, Clergyman
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Small: Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I dont make
"Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled"
Silvia Colloca, Actress
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Small: All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to th
"All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today"
Pope Paul VI, Clergyman
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Small: I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I havent had time for tobacco since
"I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since"
Arturo Toscanini, Musician
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Small: Sex is the great equalizer
Nick Mancuso
"Sex is the great equalizer"
Nick Mancuso, Actor
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Small: Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare
"Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare"
Oriana Fallaci, Journalist
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Small: There are people who help you in life. Ive been given a helping hand, and thats why I feel its my duty to help
"There are people who help you in life. I've been given a helping hand, and that's why I feel it's my duty to help younger artists"
Hugo Pratt, Cartoonist
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Small: I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty
"I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among people that had held previous experience in that particular satellite. So, I was in that, in a good position then"
Umberto Guidoni, Astronaut
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