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“America is so varied and exciting that after six months, you go back and find it completely changed.”

Quote by Sergio Leone

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Sergio Leone was an influential Italian film director known for his unique style of Western films and musical contributions. His works hold a significant place in film history, particularly his 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'A Fistful of Dollars' trilogies. more

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“America interests me above all because it is so filled with contradictions, interesting contradictions, which change constantly. Even if you've decided that you don't want to deal with that subject again, before you know it, the desire comes back to do it yet again.”

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“The world is in America. In Italy is only Italy. France is full of France. Germany is full of Germany. In a continent that contains the entire world, contradictions are, of course, constantly arising.”

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“All the people I've met, many outside of cinema, knew everything perfectly about one thing or one subject or one area.”

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“The Jesuits use this kind of training, or, let's say it this way: The Jesuit General imposes this kind of structure; he encourages the young men to specialize. Because getting ten of them together, you have the best of everything. But this does not mean that this system is good for the Jesuits all over. They're all available to the cause.”

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“I'm not saying that the Americans had the same impact as the Jesuits, but I do see them as a very specialized populace, even in terms of being, to a degree, naïve. Because naiveté comes from lack of information.”

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“I think even in American schools, they must be studying in a specialized manner.”

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“We're talking a very cultivated people, but I found as cultivated as they were, they were uninformed about the personages who weren't American. They knew everything about America, but much less about other countries.”

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“I really do believe that the Jesuit system is better for a country.”

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“The very fact of seeking specialization is probably what makes America so great in these two hundred years. But also, the sensation that somebody who wants to understand America doesn't really need to visit it much.”

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“Just go to Disneyland. You have the impact of how the Americans think, how they dream, what they desire, how they have a good time, what they prefer. I associate this with young people. But many times I think this infantile quality is much better than the false, incomplete concept of adulthood.”

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