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A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.

Orson Welles

The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
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 don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
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Food Myself Restaurant Talk Wait
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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Director Kind Myself Writing
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
I seem to have no dress sense at all. I’m always being listed in New York among one of the ten worst dressed men of the year. Someone once described me as “looking like an unmade bed.” He was right!
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Fashion Funny Man Myself Right Worst
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
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
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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Age Old Sick Yourself
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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Choice Myself People
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Age Appearance Permanent

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