"I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important."

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Source : "The Crisis of Crowding: Quant Copycats, Ugly Models, and the New Crash Normal". Book by Ludwig B. Chincarini, 2012.

Roberto Benigni

#Important Quotes #Circus Quotes #Lions Quotes

“The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.”
“The mist starts to form as we stand close to one another. It is a distant fog that rises from the horizon, and I find that I grow fearful as it approaches. It slowly creeps in, enveloping the world around us, fencing us in as if to prevent escape. Like a rolling cloud, it blankets everything, closing, until there is nothing left but the two of us.”
“The most difficult part of dating is the initial invitation.”
“Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.”
“There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise. I wanna play his brother in something - so call my agent!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.”
“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”
“The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up.”

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