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" I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things - it's my Italian heritage. "

Francis Ford Coppola

Heritage

Lost

Work

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Death

Growing Old

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Going

Job

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Look

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