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Power wears out those who do not have it.

Mario Puzo

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
Author
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
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Power

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What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.
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You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.
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The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.
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Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!
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In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
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Friendship and money: oil and water.
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I don't trust society to protect us, I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a block of people to vote for them.
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I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.
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We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.
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And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.
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I believe in America. America's made my fortune.
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He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, Life is so beautiful. ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, Life is so beautiful, then nothing else is important.
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I find the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading.
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It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees.
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Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
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It's just business nothing personal.
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You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
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But you're the toughest son of a b!&€# i've ever seen.You never let anybody get near you.You never let anybody know what you really think.
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