The Search for a Stolen Bicycle
La Santona:
What have they stolen?
Antonio Ricci:
My bike.
La Santona:
What can I say? I can only tell you what I see. Listen: you'll find it straight away or not at all. Understand? You'll find it straight away or not at all. Keep your eyes open.
Antonio Ricci:
Where, straight away?
La Santona:
How should I know? Go and try to understand what I said. You'll find it straight away or not at all.
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A Job Dependent on a Bicycle
Employment Officer:
Have you got a bike or haven't you?
Antonio Ricci:
I've got one. I've got one.
Employment Officer:
Remember if you haven't got a bike, there's nothing doing, right?
Antonio Ricci:
Think I'm going to wait another two years? I'll be there with a bike.
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The Importance of a Bicycle for Work
Employment Officer:
Hey, Ricci, remember your bike! You have to have a bike.
Antonio Ricci:
A bike? I have and I haven't. I can't get my hands on it right now. Perhaps in a few days time.
Employment Officer:
You need one straight away or they won't take you on.
Antonio Ricci:
I can do it on foot for the first few days.
Employment Officer:
If you haven't got a bike, you'll have to let someone else take it.
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Understanding the Importance of Right Choices
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:
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:
I haven't understood a word.
La Santona: [Becoming impatient; Pausing for effect]
She doesn't love you! Forget her! Dear boy, you're very ugly. Yes, ugly. There are so many other women... Go and plow another field!
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The Consequences of Mindfulness and Isolation
The Beggar:
I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble.
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Embracing Life's Moments Amidst Uncertainty
Antonio Ricci: [to Bruno]
Do you fancy a pizza? Come on, then! Come on, let's go! What the hell. We might as well go out in style. What's the point in worrying about it all?
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Despair in the Face of Adversity
Antonio Ricci:
Your mother and her prayers can't help us.
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A Life Marked by Misfortune
Antonio Ricci:
I've been cursed since the day I was born.
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Life Involves Both Living and Suffering
Antonio Ricci:
You live and you suffer.
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The Inevitability of Death
Antonio Ricci:
There's a cure for everything except death.
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Contemplating Life and Death's Inevitability
Antonio Ricci:
Why should I kill myself worrying when I'll end up just as dead?
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