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I believe in America. America's made my fortune.

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
Fortune
America
Made
Believe

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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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Time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!
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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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ِAn offer you can't refuse.
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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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Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
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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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