When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
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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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At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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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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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
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I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out.
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The Godfather’ was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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I hate women, hate them generally, not in particular but in an abstract way. I hate them because one never really learns anything about them. They are inscrutable.
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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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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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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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