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Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.

Orson Welles

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
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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Bad Goodness Justice Luck
The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Boundary Dreams Movie Perspective
The trouble with a movie is that it’s old before it’s released. It’s no accident that it comes in a can.
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Accident Movie Old Trouble
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
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Care Confidence Equality Ignorance Professional Yourself
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
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
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
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.
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Drive Fast Myself Scare
The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.
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Audience Director Himself Job Simplicity
I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Myself Start Way Work
I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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Choice Myself People
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Appearance Attitude Audacity Behavior
I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Audience Myself Thinking Understand World

Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.

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