I say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country... No other country has such human capital.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like the world, but I feel very, very Italian. I love the small parts of my country: Tuscany, Capri in the winter. I don't like big towns.
I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.
I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go.
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.
I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.
I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
I am a proud Italian American, raised by an Italian mother and Italian grandparents.
Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.
Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles.
The Italian culture and values have significantly shaped who I am, and I would never intentionally demean or degrade the very culture that has been so integral to my life.
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