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Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.

Orson Welles

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
A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
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Born Choice Death Himself Man Philosophy
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People
Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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Creation Identity Style Unique Visual Yourself
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 classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Hollywood Invention
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.
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Life Live Money Myself Run Try
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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Artist Himself Magic True
The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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Existence Father Glory God
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
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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Doctor Food Funny Myself People Stop
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don’t think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Money Myself Remember Thinking Work
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
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

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