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Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.

Orson Welles

The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.
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Camera Record World
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
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Age Appearance Permanent
Criticism is the essence of creation.
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Creation Criticism One Liner
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
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Artist Goodness Himself Wrong
A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.
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Man Movie Production Train
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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Bad Expectation God Goodness Justice Kind People World
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
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Artist Himself Magic True
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
The cinema has no boundary; it is a ribbon of dream.
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Boundary Dreams Movie Perspective
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.
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Care Confidence Equality Ignorance Professional Yourself
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
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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Art Best Interview Myself
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Big Modesty Tough
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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Capacity Ideas Listening Lose People
There are three intolerable things in life – cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.
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Drink Excitement Life Tolerance Woman
Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
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People Stupidity World Worst

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