Francis Ford Coppola Quotes
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had one word to describe Hillary, it would be 'beholden.' Nothing's gonna really change. Government's gonna have the answer to everything, and that's gonna mean taxes are gonna go up.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I thought 'The Well' was going to launch my career, but nothing happened.
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I train to fight, to win.
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Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
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Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.
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We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
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I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.
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Part of the power of the Internet is that information flows out there and it's generally not censored and it's generally not controlled by any single authority.
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The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
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While my mind is flexible, these brittle bones don't bend.
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Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot.
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To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.
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Those that fight don't listen, those that listen don't fight.
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Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.
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You can sum up what has killed capitalism in four words: too big to fail.
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Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.
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I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
