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* “Being poor is no excuse for being filthy.” —NF

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* “The world is made of stairs: there are those who go up and those who go down.” —NF

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* “I don’t understand a frigging thing you’re saying, Domenico.” (approx.) —NF

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** “Fucking! Fucking!” —NF

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*”Being poor is no excuse for being filthy.”—NF

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* “If you have gunpowder, shoot!” —NF

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* ”The Little Queen” —NF

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* The tongue has no bones but can break a man’s back! —NF

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*Duplex house —NF

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* ”Better single than unhappily married.” Translator’s note: The original sentence, partially crossed out, reads “Better to die single than to have to fuck a monkey.”
—NF

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* “An old hen makes the best soup.” —NF

** Roughly, “Cook squash any way you like, but it’s still squash.” —NF