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Orson Welles

I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about them. They are inscrutable.
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Hate Learning Myself Woman
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
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Choice Greatness Hate Love Myself People Respect
I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Audience Myself Thinking Understand World
See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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Appearance Believe Different Lie Myself Nation People Race Thinking True
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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Country Food Yourself
A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
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Born Choice Death Himself Man Philosophy
I’ve never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. Egotism and laziness. And they’re all lit like television shows.
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Ego Movie Myself Understand
Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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People Stupidity World Worst
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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Choice Myself People
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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Bad Goodness Justice Luck
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional – and I hate every kind of snob.
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Appearance Fashion Hate Kind Love Myself Relationship
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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Art Best Interview Myself
The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.
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Accident Movie Old Trouble

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