“A great many a drop of water will create a creek.”

Broadcast interview, min 9.51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwuaHbbd4s, in "Obiettivo Friuli - Reportage da Pordenone" by Claudia Brugnetta, Rai Friuli Venezia Giulia http://www.rai.it/dl/portali/site/page/Page-2331f91a-cc95-4c68-87d7-67c9afd83529.html?refresh_ce (September 26, 2018).

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Italian actor, theatre director and cultural entrepreneur. 1980

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