33 Quotes & Sayings By Luigina Sgarro

Luigina Sgarro is an Italian journalist, writer and editor. She has written extensively on the Italian media landscape. She is a member of the Italian Society of Journalism, and was a finalist in the New York University Media Institute's 2013 journalism prize. She is a regular contributor to several Italian online publications and has been interviewed on RAI 3's program Rischiatutto Read more

In 2013 she was awarded the Bruno Zerbini prize by the Mediaprint Foundation for her reportage on the migrant crisis in Italy. In 2015 she received a grant from IFAR to work on "The Italian Youth", a research project focussed on youth unemployment in Italy.

The cruelest thing is love that leads us to deal...
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The cruelest thing is love that leads us to deal with the parts of ourselves that we do not want to see, and this is what, in fact, we do not forgive each other. Luigina Sgarro
At first, the wings weighed more than the chains, because...
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At first, the wings weighed more than the chains, because with the chains we were not required to fly Luigina Sgarro
They use fear to control us, they control us to...
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They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave. Luigina Sgarro
I prefer to die fighting than living defeated
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I prefer to die fighting than living defeated Luigina Sgarro
Many do not see that not to have dreams is...
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Many do not see that not to have dreams is far worse than seeing that their dreams do not come true. Luigina Sgarro
There is the freedom you have when you are alone...
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There is the freedom you have when you are alone and there is the freedom that you have next to someone else. Blessed are those in which those two freedoms coincide. Luigina Sgarro
Many of the most charming women I know possess at...
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Many of the most charming women I know possess at least on cat or dog. Maybe after getting used to an affectionate quadruped it is hard to settle for a man. Luigina Sgarro
If we lived the plans we do more as bets...
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If we lived the plans we do more as bets than as forecasts, we would be less anxious and more prepared for the unexpected. Luigina Sgarro
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If you want to foresee the behavior of someone, their personality is a better predictor than their intelligence. Luigina Sgarro
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Sometimes we are more attached to the pain than the pain is attached to us. Luigina Sgarro
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Why so many wounded people look for forgiveness from who has injured them? Luigina Sgarro
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You understand how much you know about a subject the moment you give explanations to someone who doesn't know anything about it. Luigina Sgarro
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If you don't want to do without a person is not the same thing of wanting to be with that person. Maybe it's one of the differences between addiction and love. Luigina Sgarro
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If we could imagine, while we live them, to what mundane moments nostalgia manages to stick itself... Luigina Sgarro
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Someone can accept an impossible challenge because deep within they believe it possible. Possible and impossible can be assessed differently by a woman and a man. My possible may seem impossible to you, my limit may be your challenge. And vice-versa. Luigina Sgarro
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In hate feeling there is a more or less subtle estimation component. You do not hate those who take advantage or prevails over someone who is incapable or weak (albeit temporarily), you can at most despise them. Luigina Sgarro
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Our age: more "communication experts" that important things to say. Luigina Sgarro
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Dignity and pride are not only two different feelings, but, in some ways, opposites. You can step on your pride to preserve your dignity. You can destroy your dignity because of your pride. Luigina Sgarro
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We really love someone when we miss even the things we don't like of them. Luigina Sgarro
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Reading a great novel gives the same feeling you have when you fall in love. Luigina Sgarro
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Unfortunately, love is more often an alibi than a reason. Luigina Sgarro
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I am available to make mistakes, I only prefer to make new ones. Luigina Sgarro
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There is one thing worse than making a thing wrong: doing badly a right thing. Luigina Sgarro
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There are things done so badly that one is tempted to think that there is an intention behind. Luigina Sgarro
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Some revolutions resemble restorations, at least at first glance. Luigina Sgarro
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Cynophilist: paradoxical being that often despises man and adores the dog, apparently, mainly because of the unconditional love that the latter has for the first. Luigina Sgarro
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Perhaps, in the end, only those who really made us laugh can really make us cry. Luigina Sgarro
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I think there is a substantial difference between hypocrisy and diplomacy: hypocrisy is not saying things, diplomacy is knowing how to say things. Luigina Sgarro
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Insecurity takes on various disguises. Cockiness and arrogance are among the most common. Luigina Sgarro
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When you feel you are incomplete you can always console yourself with the idea of being infinite. Luigina Sgarro
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Autumn is an interesting season, even in the metaphor of life, is a time of decline, of loss, but also intense and haunting beauty. Some places, like some people, never are, or have been, as beautiful in their fall. Luigina Sgarro
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At the end of your life there will be many people you won't be acquainted with. Make sure you are not among them. Luigina Sgarro