It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – William James

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I have a number of projects that I've been dreaming of making ever since I was a child. But I am also very open to the chances of life and the chances of my profession. - Luca Guadagnino

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As a director, what matters is how you penetrate the soul of the person in front of the camera and let the actor blur the boundaries between the character and the person themselves. In order to achieve that, I try to make people feel at ease, to be mindless of problems and be skinless and give everything to the camera. - Luca Guadagnino

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Team success basically comes through strikers' goals. - Luca Toni

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I like to live with intensity. - Luca Toni

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I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. — Larry King

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

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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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Do anything, but let it produce joy. — Henry Miller

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I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you get pretty good at it. -- Kenny G

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