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594d1a0	I believe in friendship and I'm willing to show my friendship first.		Mario Puzo
9408ba8	There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them.They can't be justified.You just do them.Then you forget it.		Mario Puzo
45fe3be	A man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous!		Mario Puzo
04088da	if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important."		Mario Puzo
42d27fb	Death is another story. I will never make a joke about death. It is beyond my powers.		Mario Puzo
ad37a38	Everyone is responsible for everything he does		Mario Puzo
046943c	It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as hell.		Mario Puzo
06f73ef	He made no empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by more powerful forces in the world than himself.		Mario Puzo
d7c9337	Jack Woltz: Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork! Tom Hagen: I'm German-Irish. Jack Woltz: Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you! Tom Hagen: Mr. Woltz..		Mario Puzo
72e3396	treachery can't be forgiven.		Mario Puzo
3bdb016	Among reasonable men problems of business could always be solved.		Mario Puzo
1642a40	What would the world come to if people kept carrying grudges against all reason? That has been the cross of Sicily, where men are so busy with vendettas they have no time to earn bread for their families.	reason grudges-against-people the-godfather vendetta mafia	Mario Puzo
966e32a	That's like bringing a guy up from the minors to pitch the World Series.		Mario Puzo
616c4a9	Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers. Since Johnny's father died, Mr. Corleone feels his responsibility even more deeply. As for trying you again, Mr. Corleone is much too sensitive. He never asks a second favor where he has been refused the first.	the-godfather	Mario Puzo
4b733ca	The world is what it is, and you are what you are.	world wisdom the-last-don mario-puzo	Mario Puzo
ad9221b	Every man has one destiny,		Mario Puzo
b35fd59	None of us here want to see our children follow in our footsteps, it's too hard a life.		Mario Puzo
7f64070	Life is so beautiful		Mario Puzo
4aa84f5	The trick is that since he does not fear death and indeed looks for it, then the trick is to make yourself the only person in the world that he truly desires not to kill him. He has only that one fear, not of death, but that you may be the one to kill him. He is yours then.		Mario Puzo
08e5678	She cannot return your love. She does not live in our world. She does not even live in the world of animals. She lives on a different star, absolutely alone.		Mario Puzo
fa4c86a	for Justice, we must go to Don Corleone.		Mario Puzo
871a7c7	The don knew that love is not a reliable emotion to matter how deep. Love does not ensure gratitude, does not ensure obedience, does not provide harmony in so difficult a world. No one understood this better than Don Clericuzio. To inspire true love, one also had to be feared. Love alone was contemptible, it was nothing if it did not also include trust and obedience. What good was love to him if it did not acknowledge his rule?		Mario Puzo
c55393a	The Don always taught that when a man was generous, he must show the generosity as personal.		Mario Puzo
d59cdfa	I do not seek it or desire it. If I must, I will accept the punishment for all my sins.		Mario Puzo
b8f1264	If I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important."		Mario Puzo
3f69f69	People change, they have faulty memories, gratitude for past generosities fades.	people-change the-last-don	Mario Puzo
30ac0c5	Lampone made a gesture that said he would be patient, knowing his reward was certain.		Mario Puzo
7ac0b30	you can't let other men impose their will on you or life's not worth living.		Mario Puzo
e20183b	I was young myself once, and believe me, in love the truth is of no importance.	youth love truth mario-puzo omerta	Mario Puzo
23ccb22	Don Corleone did this by putting a pistol to the forehead of the band leader and assuring him with the utmost seriousness that either his signature or his brains would rest on that document in exactly one minute. Les Halley signed.		Mario Puzo
76d321f	Luca Brasi was such a man. But he was such an extraordinary man that for a long time nobody could kill him. Most of these people are of no concern to ourselves but a Brasi is a powerful weapon to be used. The trick is that since he does not fear death and indeed looks for it, then the trick is to make yourself the only person in the world that he truly desires not to kill him. He has only that one fear, not of death, but that you may be the..		Mario Puzo
c066e97	It was not intelligent to damage the ego of a young boy. You can, with some impunity, insult an older man who has already been humiliated by life itself and will not take to heart the small slights of another human being. But a young man thinks these offences mortal.		Mario Puzo
fc7ae0f	Tell the truth, all Sicilians prefer smelling the shit of their villages to the best perfumes in Paris. What am I doing here? I could have escaped to Brazil like some others. Ah, we love where we are born, we Sicilians, but Sicily does not love us.		Mario Puzo
391509e	Pope Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified. "The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in paradise. Such a great gift. How otherwise can man bear this moral life? Unfortunately, such a belief also gives evil men the courage to commit great crimes in the name of good and God."	good god moral-life mario-puzo borgias gift paradise evil	Mario Puzo
2a309cf	With a great effort the Don opened his eyes to see his son once more. He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful."	life the-godfather	Mario Puzo
75057d6	But up until that time I want you just to follow my lead and don't worry. There are negotiations going on that will solve problems that you think are not solvable. So just be a little patient." Tessio"		Mario Puzo
5a8d5f0	The art of this was to ignore all insults, all threats; to turn the other cheek.		Mario Puzo
6f58beb	It was presumptuous for one man to forgive another. That was the duty of God. For men to pretend such mercy was an idle pride and a lack of respect. He did not desire any such mercy for himself.		Mario Puzo
5bfc9dd	But della Rovere frowned and said, "Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church."	god the-family mario-puzo priest church devil evil	Mario Puzo
4020b0e	Nekad neuztraucies par naudu. Doma par slavu.		Mario Puzo
af5b3b7	A belief in one's own virtue is far more dangerous than a belief in one's cunning.		Mario Puzo
ca48c96	have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a bloc of people to vote for them.		Mario Puzo
5dae1e9	He had no illusions about the dangerousness of his mission. He spent the first year meeting with different chiefs of gangs in New York, laying the groundwork, sounding them out, proposing spheres of influence that would be honored by a loosely bound confederated council. But there were too many factions, too many special interests that conflicted. Agreement was impossible. Like other great rulers and lawgivers in history Don Corleone decide..		Mario Puzo
794f6c3	Michael Corleone understood for the first time why men like his father chose to become thieves and murderers rather than members of the legal society. The poverty and fear and degradation were too awful to be acceptable to any man of spirit.		Mario Puzo

I believe in friendship and I'm willing to show my friendship first.

Mario Puzo

9408ba8

There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them.They can't be justified.You just do them.Then you forget it.

Mario Puzo

45fe3be

A man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous!

Mario Puzo

04088da

if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important."

Mario Puzo

42d27fb

Death is another story. I will never make a joke about death. It is beyond my powers.

Mario Puzo

ad37a38

Everyone is responsible for everything he does

Mario Puzo

046943c

It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as hell.

Mario Puzo

06f73ef

He made no empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by more powerful forces in the world than himself.

Mario Puzo

d7c9337

Jack Woltz: Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork! Tom Hagen: I'm German-Irish. Jack Woltz: Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you! Tom Hagen: Mr. Woltz..

Mario Puzo

72e3396

treachery can't be forgiven.

Mario Puzo

3bdb016

Among reasonable men problems of business could always be solved.

Mario Puzo

1642a40

What would the world come to if people kept carrying grudges against all reason? That has been the cross of Sicily, where men are so busy with vendettas they have no time to earn bread for their families.

reason grudges-against-people the-godfather vendetta mafia

Mario Puzo

966e32a

That's like bringing a guy up from the minors to pitch the World Series.

Mario Puzo

616c4a9

Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers. Since Johnny's father died, Mr. Corleone feels his responsibility even more deeply. As for trying you again, Mr. Corleone is much too sensitive. He never asks a second favor where he has been refused the first.

the-godfather

Mario Puzo

4b733ca

The world is what it is, and you are what you are.

world wisdom the-last-don mario-puzo

Mario Puzo

ad9221b

Every man has one destiny,

Mario Puzo

b35fd59

None of us here want to see our children follow in our footsteps, it's too hard a life.

Mario Puzo

7f64070

Life is so beautiful

Mario Puzo

4aa84f5

The trick is that since he does not fear death and indeed looks for it, then the trick is to make yourself the only person in the world that he truly desires not to kill him. He has only that one fear, not of death, but that you may be the one to kill him. He is yours then.

Mario Puzo

08e5678

She cannot return your love. She does not live in our world. She does not even live in the world of animals. She lives on a different star, absolutely alone.

Mario Puzo

fa4c86a

for Justice, we must go to Don Corleone.

Mario Puzo

871a7c7

The don knew that love is not a reliable emotion to matter how deep. Love does not ensure gratitude, does not ensure obedience, does not provide harmony in so difficult a world. No one understood this better than Don Clericuzio. To inspire true love, one also had to be feared. Love alone was contemptible, it was nothing if it did not also include trust and obedience. What good was love to him if it did not acknowledge his rule?

Mario Puzo

c55393a

The Don always taught that when a man was generous, he must show the generosity as personal.

Mario Puzo

d59cdfa

I do not seek it or desire it. If I must, I will accept the punishment for all my sins.

Mario Puzo

b8f1264

If I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important."

Mario Puzo

3f69f69

People change, they have faulty memories, gratitude for past generosities fades.

people-change the-last-don

Mario Puzo

30ac0c5

Lampone made a gesture that said he would be patient, knowing his reward was certain.

Mario Puzo

7ac0b30

you can't let other men impose their will on you or life's not worth living.

Mario Puzo

e20183b

I was young myself once, and believe me, in love the truth is of no importance.

youth love truth mario-puzo omerta

Mario Puzo

23ccb22

Don Corleone did this by putting a pistol to the forehead of the band leader and assuring him with the utmost seriousness that either his signature or his brains would rest on that document in exactly one minute. Les Halley signed.

Mario Puzo

76d321f

Luca Brasi was such a man. But he was such an extraordinary man that for a long time nobody could kill him. Most of these people are of no concern to ourselves but a Brasi is a powerful weapon to be used. The trick is that since he does not fear death and indeed looks for it, then the trick is to make yourself the only person in the world that he truly desires not to kill him. He has only that one fear, not of death, but that you may be the..

Mario Puzo

c066e97

It was not intelligent to damage the ego of a young boy. You can, with some impunity, insult an older man who has already been humiliated by life itself and will not take to heart the small slights of another human being. But a young man thinks these offences mortal.

Mario Puzo

fc7ae0f

Tell the truth, all Sicilians prefer smelling the shit of their villages to the best perfumes in Paris. What am I doing here? I could have escaped to Brazil like some others. Ah, we love where we are born, we Sicilians, but Sicily does not love us.

Mario Puzo

391509e

Pope Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified. "The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in paradise. Such a great gift. How otherwise can man bear this moral life? Unfortunately, such a belief also gives evil men the courage to commit great crimes in the name of good and God."

good god moral-life mario-puzo borgias gift paradise evil

Mario Puzo

2a309cf

With a great effort the Don opened his eyes to see his son once more. He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful."

life the-godfather

Mario Puzo

75057d6

But up until that time I want you just to follow my lead and don't worry. There are negotiations going on that will solve problems that you think are not solvable. So just be a little patient." Tessio"

Mario Puzo

5a8d5f0

The art of this was to ignore all insults, all threats; to turn the other cheek.

Mario Puzo

6f58beb

It was presumptuous for one man to forgive another. That was the duty of God. For men to pretend such mercy was an idle pride and a lack of respect. He did not desire any such mercy for himself.

Mario Puzo

5bfc9dd

But della Rovere frowned and said, "Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church."

god the-family mario-puzo priest church devil evil

Mario Puzo

4020b0e

Nekad neuztraucies par naudu. Doma par slavu.

Mario Puzo

af5b3b7

A belief in one's own virtue is far more dangerous than a belief in one's cunning.

Mario Puzo

ca48c96

have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a bloc of people to vote for them.

Mario Puzo

5dae1e9

He had no illusions about the dangerousness of his mission. He spent the first year meeting with different chiefs of gangs in New York, laying the groundwork, sounding them out, proposing spheres of influence that would be honored by a loosely bound confederated council. But there were too many factions, too many special interests that conflicted. Agreement was impossible. Like other great rulers and lawgivers in history Don Corleone decide..

Mario Puzo

794f6c3

Michael Corleone understood for the first time why men like his father chose to become thieves and murderers rather than members of the legal society. The poverty and fear and degradation were too awful to be acceptable to any man of spirit.

Mario Puzo