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" When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget. "

Francis Ford Coppola

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" I like simplicity; I don't need luxury. "

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" If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor. "

" I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. "

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