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I’m one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour – and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

Orson Welles

Never expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.
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Bad Expectation God Goodness Justice Kind People World
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Hollywood Invention
The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Boundary Dreams Movie Perspective
Future shock is a sickness which comes from too much change in too short a time. It’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore.
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Change Feeling Future Permanent Sick Time
We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.
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Alive Alone Born Creation Death Friendship Illusion Live Love Moments
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Age Appearance Permanent
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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Choice End Happiness Stop Story Yourself
Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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Creation Identity Style Unique Visual Yourself
A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series
I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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Happiness Joy Kind Myself Person
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
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Gardener Gold Hollywood Movie Myself Stardom
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
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