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He had asked Hagen one final question. Does this man have real balls?Hagen translated the question properly in his mind. Did Jack Woltz have the balls to risk everything, to run the chance of losing all on a matter of principle, on a matter of honor; for revenge?

Mario Puzo

He had asked Hagen one final question. Does this man have real balls?Hagen translated the question properly in his mind. Did Jack Woltz have the balls to risk everything, to run the chance of losing all on a matter of principle, on a matter of honor; for revenge?

Tags: the godfather

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Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

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Don Corleone had promised his godson he would get the part and Don Corleone had never, to Hagen's knowledge, broken his word in such matters.

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Don Corleone had promised his godson he would get the part and Don Corleone had never, to Hagen's knowledge, broken his word in such matters.

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Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes.

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Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes.

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La vengeance se mange très-bien froide. (Original version of: Revenge is a dish best served cold. Often misattributed to Mario Puzo.)

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La vengeance se mange très-bien froide. (Original version of: Revenge is a dish best served cold. Often misattributed to Mario Puzo.)

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Ah, men understand friendship more than we woman.

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Ah, men understand friendship more than we woman.

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I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.

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I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.

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In this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.

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In this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.

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But let me say this. I am a superstitious man, a ridiculous failing but I must confess it here. And so if some unlucky accident should befall my youngest son, if some police officer should accidentall...

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Genius had its rewards.

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Genius had its rewards.

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About Mario Puzo

Mario Francis Puzo (; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso, -ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and for Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film and its 1980 sequel. His final novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001.