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An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.

Orson Welles

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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Bad Goodness Justice Luck
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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End Forever Human Nature Original
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.
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Act Carry God Opinion Pray Sex
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’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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Evidence Life Maturity Myself Responsibility
Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.
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Actor Director Home Movie Play Respect World Worth
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That’s what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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Act Audience Meaning Myself Work
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
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Camera Record World
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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Dependent Election Fame Politics Popular
A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
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Bad Darkness Day Encouragement Need Ourselves Word

An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.

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