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.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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You can't bank on the outcome.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of 'Hannah Montana.' That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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I'm a child of the Disney Renaissance, so the new classics are near and dear. I suppose this is a legend more than a fairy tale, but 'Mulan' is easily my favorite. Not only is it a fun, action-packed, beautiful movie, but it's so important for young girls to have.
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Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.
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Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
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Art, like real estate, is half science, half gut. We go to a lot of art fairs. We have two full-time art experts who help me make all the decisions about how to build the corporate and personal collection and what we put in our developments. We don't let interior designers pick art for us.
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Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.
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You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.
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I just want to believe that, as a citizen in this country, that I have equal protection under the law and that I can have a situation assessed fairly, that people can look at it, and that a court of law can determine what the outcome is.
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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.
