The Italians are a Romance ethnic group and nation native to the Italian peninsula and its neighboring insular territories. Most Italians share a common culture, history, ancestry or language. Legally, all Italian nationals are citizens of the Italian Republic, regardless of ancestry or nation of residence (in effect, however, Italian nationality is largely based on jus sanguinis) and may be distinguished from people of Italian descent without Italian citizenship and from ethnic Italians living in territories adjacent to the Italian Peninsula without Italian citizenship. The majority of Italian nationals are speakers of Italian, or a regional variety thereof. However, many of them also speak another regional or minority language native to Italy. Although there is disagreement on the total number, according to UNESCO there are approximately 30 languages native to Italy (often misleadingly referred to as "Italian dialects").
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- Brits look to provoke. The Italians occasionally imagine conversations, though not maliciously. The Germans veer from confrontational to nationalistic.
- Chris Ballard, "The Reflection, Future and Duality of Post-USMNT Jurgen Klinsmann" (16 May 2018), Sports Illustrated
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- Italians play a certain way, because that’s how they are.
- Jürgen Klinsmann, as quoted in "The Reflection, Future and Duality of Post-USMNT Jurgen Klinsmann" (16 May 2018), by Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated
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- Luciano often gets asked whether he's Italian when traveling overseas with the team and someone hears his accent.
"No," he will reply. "We are from Rome!"
- Wright Thompson, "The eternal derby reveals why Italian football finds its way into your blood" (29 September 2018), ESPN
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