"Italy is a culture where what goes on in public really matters, public perception matters..."

Transgender lawmaker Vladimir Luxuria helped shake up Italian norms.

"No compromise should be made because terrorists are not people who want to compromise."

Canadian writer and radio journalist Williams portrays the Rome she lives daily.

"When I was a child, coffee was a luxury in Italy. Only a few people bought it, and for special occasions, a wake, say..."

"It’s been crap for twenty years. It’s been horrible. But why not make the most of it. So I do."

"[Only] five percent of breast cancer tumors and 10 percent of intestinal tumors are 'genetic,' meaning hereditary."

Now a basketball vagabond, Tyus Edney helped guide UCLA to an NCAA title.

Mitchell "Micky”"Wolfson Jr. as handlebar mustache and wears a checked Nehru jacket.

"Environmentalists are my allies because they’re right… if you don’t blend a consensus vision you have a real problem."

"Some arrive in Italy with unrealistic expectations. They bring their anxieties, self-sabotaging habits, or old wounds..."