The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.
Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it.
I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It's an older country, and they've learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it.
Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.
Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.
If you stop for lunch elsewhere in the world, you tend to eat a sandwich, and a bad one. Italy is unique for the style of life. I think everyone envies it a bit.
Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.
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