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I’ve spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I’m not irresponsible.

Orson Welles

I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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Country Food Yourself
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
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 enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Absence Art Enemy Limitation
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Boredom Emotion Terrorism
I’m never certain of a performance – my own or the other actors’ – or the script or anything. But to me it seems there’s only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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Actor Camera Decision Myself Performance Place Script World
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they’re talking.
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Food Myself Restaurant Talk Wait
Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.
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Actor Director Home Movie Play Respect World Worth
A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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Man Movie Production Train
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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Appearance Believe Different Lie Myself Nation People Race Thinking True
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 have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Experiment Myself

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