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Mara: For me, priests should be like the moon: nobody really knows what they are.
Umberto (segment "Mara"): They're men with a religious vocation.
Mara: [laughs] My nephew's vocation was beaten into him by his mother.
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Mara: But that granny will be crying tears of blood, you'll see.
Augusto Rusconi: You must try to understand. Come here, come to Uncle.
Mara: As if I felt like making love at a time like this!
Augusto Rusconi: Come on, Mara. We'll go to bed and cuddle up together like good children. We won't even talk.
Mara: I need to talk and let off steam.
Augusto Rusconi: Okay, but in bed?
Mara: I'm too mad. I'd be like a stone. Be honest, am I a scandal? Do I do it on the terrace?
Augusto Rusconi: Fine by me! I'm willing to go out on the terrace! Like Nero looking over Rome.
Carlo Croccolo
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