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“Ricorda che di solito, l'American Dream (il sogno americano) non riguarda gli Americani in se', tende a realizzarsi piuttosto per coloro che vengono da altrove, da fuori - "from the outside" - appunto. Un giorno come gli altri, qualcuno arriva e fa qualcosa di imprevisto, di statisticamente impossibile, fuori dagli schemi "out of the box". Qualcuno in cui nessuno aveva creduto, una persona in mezzo a tante che nessuno aveva visto arrivare...Ecco, un "Outsider" Tratto da "Inside The Outsider, Veronica Vitale”

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