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Either war is obsolete, or men are.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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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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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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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
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It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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I mean... directing is a holy, unpleasant experience, to be perfectly honest.
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I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
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Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness.
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I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.
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I have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or 'My character never wears an orange shirt,' or any of the number of inane things I've heard on movie sets throughout my career.
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You always gotta continue to hunger. If you're gonna continue in any kind of industry whether music or the film industry or athletics, that drive to become better is what will eventually make you into that superstar everybody else will see.
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My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
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My film is not a movie; it’s not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.
