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I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.
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I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things - it's my Italian heritage.
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Art depends on luck and talent.
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I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.
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Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.
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