"I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty."

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

Roberto Benigni

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“It was always exciting, but it was also always dangerous. And fear takes a toll finally: when you live in danger from moment to moment, the constant tension becomes very wearying. Every step I took on the roads of Gelderland was nerve-wracking, because I was secretly carrying the very material that could turn out to be my own death warrant.”
“God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.”
“Self-worth comes from who we are in Christ, not what we accomplish in this world.”

Source : Pete Wilson (2012). “Empty Promises: The Truth About You, Your Desires, and the Lies You're Believing”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I was able to bring my process of doing improv with actors into the animation world, which was fun.”
“My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.”
“We have one crystal clear reason apart from the blessed happiness of this way of life. It is this: prayer is the core of our day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse, would be pithless, a straw blown in the wind. But how can you pray--really pray, I mean--with one against who you have a grudge or whom you have been discussing critically with another? Try it. You will find it cannot be done.”
“It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.”
“I read 'Dracula' in high school. I've been around vampires forever.”

Source : "Denis O'Hare Exclusive Interview TRUE BLOOD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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