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cifically about… but there is a thing that
we often talk about. It’s that Italians came
to America because they thought that
streets were paved with gold. And when
they got here, they discovered they weren’t paved in gold. In fact, they discovered they weren’t paved at all and, in fact,
they were the people who were going to
pave them.
But I think that there are probably many
stories of Italians and their lives in America. Each and everyone of them is important to their family, just as mine is important to my family, and we celebrate
our Italian heritage. At the same time, we
know we’re Americans, and that comes
first, but I think there’s a lot that Italians
have done in this country. Lee Iacocca,
who was the very famous head of the
Chrysler corporation and he actually turned it around… he’s in is 90s now, but in
his heyday he was the king of American
business and the Founding Chairman of
our Foundation. The people who came
here from Italy and other countries took
advantage of the opportunities America
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