"I was born in New York, then I went to the UK, then I went to Brazil, then I went to France, then I studied in Italy. My life was always about being confronted with an environment where you had to adapt."

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Source : "Unlikely heir who saved the family jewels". Financial Times, Marh 06, 2011.

John Elkann

#New York Quotes #Brazil Quotes #France Quotes

“From the beginning [of the film The Darkest Hour], [aliens] it's a metaphor for the foreigners and from the beginning of the movie, American boys feel themselves like aliens here or they feel like Russians are aliens. There's misunderstanding or miscommunication. Then when the real aliens appear, together they have to fight to survive.”
“Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself.”
“Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.”

Source : "Uncivil Discourse - and Hypocrisy in the Senate on Display", www.msnbc.com. September 30, 2009.
“Girl, he wants to dip you in Frosted Flakes and have you for breakfast. That's his favorite cereal, by the way." I...had no words for that.”

Source : Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.299, Harlequin
“By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.”
“There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.”

Source : Iran-Contra Hearings Closing Statement, www.danielkinouyeinstitute.org. August 03, 1987.
“Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.”
“When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.”

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