I like to work hard. - Luca Toni

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You would have to have been completely crazy to think that when I was in Serie B that I could end up at the World Cup three seasons later. But that is the beauty of football, these things can really happen. - Luca Toni

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Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough to understand the reason for the film. You need to follow the agenda of the film, not a personal agenda or that of the studio. Or, worst of all, of the actors. - Luca Guadagnino

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ― Abraham Lincoln

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I come from a petit bourgeois family, and I've always been drawn to artists and people who choose their own way of life instead of being chosen by the lives that people want for them. - Luca Guadagnino

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I've always wanted to fight for people who didn't have arms. I've always wanted to speak up for people who don't have a voice. I've always wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. It's my nature. It's my instinct. — Sophia Bush

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The point is that filmmaking is a collaborative effort; it isn't about imposing your vision on other people. It's about the talking, you know? - Luca Guadagnino

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I'm one of those directors who read reviews, even if they're bad, because I started as a film critic as a cinema student. I indulge in the art of criticism in general. - Luca Guadagnino

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If you desire something, you don't have it. It is more interesting than enjoyment, because enjoyment erases the mysteries and the vision of desire. Desire opens up possibilities but never achieves anything, whereas enjoyment is just the brutal achievement of something - and after that, it's done. - Luca Guadagnino

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Sometimes a great champion has to lead by example. - Luca Toni

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