Billy Wilder Quotes
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.
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Remember when Jay-Z wore a Che Guevara T-shirt? Nobody knew who Che was. Then Jay-Z wears it, and it's everywhere.
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Accept loss forever.
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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 care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.
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My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.
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We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it.
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It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
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I'm at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there's really nothing else that I worry about.
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On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.
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You can change the look of an outfit so easily by changing the kind of jewellery you wear. If you have a basic outfit on - a black sweater and skirt or a simple black dress - you can go from the office to a cocktail party at night just by changing your jewellery. It helps if you change your shoes as well.
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Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.
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The interesting thing is that when you start out, people have no judgment and they see you young and fresh as a filmmaker - and because you have no experience yet, you're much more naive and think anything is possible.
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A community of free men cannot exist if its spiritual base is not solely law.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.
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Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful.
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I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
