Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
ORSON WELLESHuman nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.
More Orson Welles Quotes
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
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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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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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When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.
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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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What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
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An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
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A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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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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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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They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Never expect justice in this world. That is not part of God’s plan. Everybody thinks that if they don’t get it, they’re some kind of odd man out. And it’s not true. Nobody gets justice – people just get good luck or bad luck.
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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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