“In Italy, there's always chickens, but no eggs. In Africa there's...” – David Caravaggio, The English Patient ... Movie Quotes Database

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David Caravaggio Willem Dafoe

In Italy, there's always chickens, but no eggs. In Africa there's eggs, but never chickens. Who separated them?

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