Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.

Francis Ford Coppola

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Boxing is a lonely sport.

Andre Ward

LonelyBoxingSport

I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and be naturally gifted and speak every language. It's not going to happen, but it sure would be nice. It's a good wish.

Andie MacDowell

GoodTalentSpeakLanguageWish

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

John Milius

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The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.

Jeffery Deaver

BookEasyDownWriteSitPercent

As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up.

Tom Petri

PeopleTroubleWashingtonOriginal

At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

FatherMathematicsMedicalSchool

People oftentimes refer to me as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' So, I'm Mr. Johnson. I'm a complete outsider.

Ron Johnson

PeopleMeWashingtonOutsiderGoes

I remember watching somebody called Esmee Denters doing covers that were really popular and wishing that was me. But I'm glad it wasn't. Things have worked out OK.

Jorja Smith

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By August of 2003, I had graduated from Rutgers, gone through a stretch of living at my parents' house, and wound up sharing an apartment with a college friend of mine in Montclair, New Jersey.

Chris Gethard

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There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

Tillie Olsen

WordsHurtWorseThanCuss

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

Rich Sommer

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I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.

Mark Haddon

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