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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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God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals
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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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I believe in America. America's made my fortune.
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I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.
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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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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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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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It was from this experience came his oft-repeated belief that every man has but one destiny.
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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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Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
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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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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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Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
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Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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Michael: Barzini will set me up through somebody close... that, supposedly, I won't suspect. Hagen: Somebody like me. Michael: You're Irish, they won't trust you. Hagen: I'm German-American. Michael: To them that's Irish.
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Power wears out those who do not have it.
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Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
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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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