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The record is still seen as a 'superfluous' item for leisure. In fact, a record often has the same dignity as a book.

— Renzo Arbore

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Dik Dik are a band that have retained their dignity and the public's affection.

Some concerts are put on for commercial reasons, but others are put on because they touch people's hearts.

Filogamo is the only character I have openly plagiarised – a cultured and courteous character who is the opposite of today's presenters.

I think Italian culture has always shot itself in the foot.

(About Riccardo Cocciante) He released a beautiful song called 'Poesia' to some success, and he represents hope for our pop music.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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