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August 26th 2007
Published: August 26th 2007
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A little incident recently brought home the difference between the Italian and English/American mentalities. I had a difficult period to overcome and the Anglo-American solution was to "move on - put it behind you". The Italian view is to always remember everything a hold on to it.

It clearly illustrates that the Anglo-American view is to burn your bridges and keep on going blindly forward whereas Italians believe the past is always present and perhaps that is why the sense of history, tradition and culture is so strong in Italy.

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