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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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In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
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Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.
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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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A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
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The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.
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Falling in love is great but being in love is a disaster
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Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.
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Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
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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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I believe in America. America's made my fortune.
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Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.
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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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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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Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.
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Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.
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Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
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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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there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.
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Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
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Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.
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