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“Sicilians, Calabrians, Neapolitans - there were real differences between them, and then all of a sudden they're all living in the US, and then they're all Italians.”

Quote by Jonas Carpignano

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Jonas Carpignano

Jonas Carpignano is an artist whose profession is unknown, born on January 16, 1984. more

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