I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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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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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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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I’m profoundly convinced that that’s a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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Criticism is the essence of creation.
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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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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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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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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Now I’m an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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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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