"I was never sloppy with other people’s money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be."
― Francis Ford Coppola
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― Francis Ford Coppola
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- "It’s ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn’t even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again."
- "We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn’t speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food."
- "As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I’ll continue to subsidize my own work."
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- "Money is in some respects life’s fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."― P. T. Barnum
- "In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency – money – the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished."― James Buchan
- "I feel lazy when I’m not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, ‘I know you’re gonna be OK. I’m not worried about you’."― Kim Kardashian