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Working is part of life, I don’t know how to distinguish between the two. Work is an expression of life.

Orson Welles

A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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Man Movie Production Train
Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.
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Alone Creation Friendship Illusion
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
They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Education Funny Teaching University Wasted Time Yourself
Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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Easy Job Police
I can think of nothing that an audience won’t understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Audience Myself Thinking Understand World
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
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
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
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Age Old Sick Yourself
I’m not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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Happiness Joy Kind Myself Person
I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.
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Boredom God Prayer
I’ve never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies. Egotism and laziness. And they’re all lit like television shows.
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Ego Movie Myself Understand
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
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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Amazing Crime Failure Money Problem Reality
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
Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.
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Ourselves Silence Sing Song

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