Orson Welles Quotes
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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes from a lot of people.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life. Like a dancer is always trying to fly, really - to do something that's just not possible. But you try to do as much as you can within those physical boundaries.
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I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.
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When you're dealing with a new platform, the real trick is just getting the game running.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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I'll take a look and get a second wind because so many little children are running around at my side.
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BaoHaus is idiosyncratic, creative, and artistic. My restaurant doesn't look like a Taiwanese restaurant.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
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For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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Sure, being a reservist wasn't as glamorous, but I was the one who had to look at myself in the mirror.
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Every Yom Kippur, Jewish tradition requires a strict spiritual inventory. You aren't supposed to just sit around feeling guilty, but to take action in the real world to set things right.
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People are so afraid to talk about real things, but they're experiences that everyone goes through.
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My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.
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I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.
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Man's respect for the imponderables varies according to his mental constitution and environment. Through certain modes of thought and training, it can be elevated tremendously, yet there is always a limit.
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Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.
