Bicycle Thieves Quotes

Antonio Ricci : You live and you suffer.

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Antonio Ricci : "Why should I kill myself worrying when I'll end up just as dead?"

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Antonio Ricci : "There's a cure for everything except death."

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Antonio Ricci : I've been cursed since the day I was born.

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Antonio Ricci : Your mother and her prayers can't help us.

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The Beggar : I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble.

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Antonio Ricci : [ He and his son are at a restaurant; together they notice a nearby table, occupied by an apparently well-off family who seem to be eating quite well ] To eat like that, you'd have to earn at least a million a month.

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La Santona : [ Addressing a young man seated before her, apparently seeking advice on his love life ] You must plant your seeds in another field. Do you understand what I mean?
Young man seeking advice : No, I don't understand.
La Santona : It's simple, my boy. What good is planting seeds if the soil rejects them? You plant, but don't gather. Understand?
Young man seeking advice : I haven't understood a word.
La Santona : [ Becoming impatient ] She doesn't love you! Forget her!
La Santona : [ Pausing for effect ] Dear boy, you're very ugly. Yes, ugly. There are so many other women... Go and plow another field!

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