Francis Ford Coppola Quotes
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
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Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'
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Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on.
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You know that band that are all over 'Melody Maker,' Huggy Bear, they're just a load of crap, right? Riot grrrl group - y'know, it's all sexism and stuff, women standing up for their rights: 'This girl said this at the gig off the stage.' It's nothing got to do with music. They're probably untalented gits when it comes to the crunch.
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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
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When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting.
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With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody.
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My film is not a movie; it’s not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.
