Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.

Francis Ford Coppola

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• I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.

  

  Francis Ford Coppola
  • School
  • Family
  • Dumb