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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.

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
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Experiment Myself
Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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Amazing Crime Failure Money Problem Reality
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
I have an unfortunate personality.
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One Liner Personality Unfortunate
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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Bad Goodness Justice Luck
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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Death Myself Replacement Time Tree
The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Boundary Dreams Movie Perspective
I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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Happiness Joy Kind Myself Person
A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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Man Movie Production Train
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

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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