Orson Welles Quotes
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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Change is no threat to culture.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
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Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
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Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.
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Beauty is not just physical.
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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.
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The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.
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I can only speak from my own personal experience, being behind the camera and in front of it, but every magazine cover you see is completely airbrushed.
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All Americans deserve an equal crack at what it means to be a - having - having resources in your own home and in your state and in your country.
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Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set a company on a new path.
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I'm syndicated on the radio - my show is called 'The Sweat Hotel.'
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There is no false sensation.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
