I grew up with a concept of cinema as a directorial thing, meaning the director is allowed to sail the ship. Not a dictatorial thing. - Luca Guadagnino

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All morning it has been raining. In the language of the garden, this is happiness. ― Mary Oliver

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I don't feel like the saviour of Italy. - Luca Toni

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In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.

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Modesty is the color of virtue. -Diogenes

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Language is a virus from outer space.

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The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a great deal of collaboration and listening and having the ability to change your mind. Luca Guadagnino

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To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. ― George Washington

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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.― George Orwell

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