I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better. |
I had the great good fortune to be born in a mad village. It was the kind of village that you could not actually invent. |
It is not just a question of experience, nor is it a question of age ... There are some people who live only 20 years, but many, many people remember them because they knew how to live the time that was given to them. I'm not suggesting that you should live only 20 years. Live as long as you can, but from time to time, think '20 years, 20 years, 20 years', and put them together. |
Know how to live the time that is given you. |
Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts. |
Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished. |
We must hold primary elections to choose the center-left candidate for mayor of Milan, |
We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics ... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression. |
When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. |