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The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.
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I like simplicity I don't need luxury.
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I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.
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I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.
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I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
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