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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.

Orson Welles

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
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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Death Myself Replacement Time Tree
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
I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.
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Evidence Life Maturity Myself Responsibility
A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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Man Movie Production Train
When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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Friendship Hard Time Talk Yourself
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
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
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
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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Change Feeling Future Permanent Sick Time
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
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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Artist Hate Himself Ideas Myself Passion Thinking Time
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
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
A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
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Accident Director Job Series

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