A man is not from where he is born, but where he chooses to die.
ORSON WELLESCrooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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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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Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me.
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I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore 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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A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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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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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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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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I have an unfortunate personality.
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