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

Orson Welles

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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Artist Director Discover Success Talent World
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
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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Civilization Eat Impression Ourselves Relationship Woman
The most personal thing I’ve put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It’s better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
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Abuse Better Evil Freedom Hate Murder Personal Police Power See
The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Hollywood Invention
The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
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Camera Record World
Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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End Forever Human Nature Original
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Experiment Myself
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
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
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
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter — you’re the one who sat down, and joined the game.
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Bad Game Goodness Hollywood Right True Yourself

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

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