...[Italy] " it is now the fifth biggest economy in the world, which is simply staggering achievement in the face of such chronic disorder. If they had the work ethic of the Japanese they could master the planet. Thank goodness they haven't. They are too busy expending their considerable energies on
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...[Italy] " it is now the fifth biggest economy in the world, which is simply staggering achievement in the face of such chronic disorder. If they had the work ethic of the Japanese they could master the planet. Thank goodness they haven't. They are too busy expending their considerable energies on the pleasurable minutiae of daily life - children, good food, arguing in cafés - which is just how it should be."
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...[Italy] " it is now the fifth biggest economy in the world, which is simply staggering achievement in the face of such chronic disorder. If they had the work ethic of the Japanese they could master the planet. Thank goodness they haven't. They are too busy expending their considerable energies on ... (continue)
...[Italy] " it is now the fifth biggest economy in the world, which is simply staggering achievement in the face of such chronic disorder. If they had the work ethic of the Japanese they could master the planet. Thank goodness they haven't. They are too busy expending their considerable energies on the pleasurable minutiae of daily life - children, good food, arguing in cafés - which is just how it should be."
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