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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Francis Ford Coppola
Born: April 7, 1939 (age 86)
Bio: Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered to have been a central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
Known for:
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- The Godfather (1972)
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