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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.

Orson Welles

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
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Age Appearance Permanent
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
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
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Bad Goodness Justice Luck
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.
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Choice Greatness Hate Love Myself People Respect
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
When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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Acceptance Break Law Normal People Society
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
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Country Food Yourself
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Hate Kind Man Myself
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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Dependent Election Fame Politics Popular
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
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Camera Eyes Goodness Movie Poet
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
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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Artist Himself Time
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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Fools Husband Myself Personal Relationship

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