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What I think is useful is to have the government as close to me as possible and the state, if it really can't be avoided, as far away from my balls as possible.

— Fabrizio De André

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Dear Andrea, I am your friend because you are the only priest who does not want to send me to heaven by force.

I've never seen a musician communicate with the audience like Luciano does.

After ten years of slapping each other, you either become friends or you kill each other.

I sang imitating Modugno, and besides, how could one not be influenced by him?

And then suddenly love burst out everywhere.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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