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I'm not italian, i am neapolitan! it's another thing!

-Sophia Loren

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I'm Not Italian, I Am Neapolitan! It's

Sophia Loren

I'm not italian, i am neapolitan! it's another thing!

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In america most everybody who's italian is half italian. except me. i'm all italian. i'm mostly sicilian, and i have a little bit of neapolitan in me. you get your full dose with me.

If you were to sit me down in a classroom, with fluorescent lights humming and some woman trying to teach me italian, there's no way. but scream goes to italy, we stay in a squat, and the only way you can ask someone where to take a piss is to do it in italian. so i learned italian.

You catch any white man off guard in here right now, you catch him off guard and ask him what he is, he doesn't say he's an american. he either tells you he's irish, or he's italian, or he's german, if you catch him off guard and he doesn't know what you're up to. and even though he was born here, he'll tell you he's italian. well, if he's italian, you and i are african even though we were born here.

I was raised in an italian catholic family in baltimore, maryland. our faith is very important to us, our patriotism, love of faith, love of family, love of country. i took pride in our italian american heritage and to be the first woman speaker of the house and the first italian american speaker of the house, it's quite thrilling for me.

Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. revolt is masaniello, who led the neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is spartacus. insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.

I exist only because inside of me and above all else i am only and above all a neapolitan. naples exists inside of me, and always will. fortunately for me there is this treasure that i have inside of me and, when i need it, then i pull it out.

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