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I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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'Godfather' was very classical, the way it was shot, the style, the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.
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When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.
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Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.
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I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.
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The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.
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