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If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Orson Welles

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
The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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Expression Ideal Perfection Reality
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
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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Country Food Yourself
I have an unfortunate personality.
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One Liner Personality Unfortunate
Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
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Abandonment Deep Hate Human Nature Race Wisdom
Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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Bad Exception Live Luxury Stand Yourself
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Experiment Myself
I’m never certain of a performance – my own or the other actors’ – or the script or anything. But to me it seems there’s only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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Actor Camera Decision Myself Performance Place Script World
Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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Inspirational Motivational Possible Thinking
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

If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

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