Orson Welles Quotes
Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Forgiving is all; forgetting is another thing.
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Songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day' and 'Dress Blues,' those were good songs, but the output wasn't as consistent in those days.
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The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
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It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
