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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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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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Thing
Booze
Really
Gambling
Stands
Beer
Reading
Women
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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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 lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
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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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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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