OWOrson Welles

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Orson Welles

Life dates: 1915 AD — 1985 AD

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1934 AD

Race hate isn't human nature race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

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02c. 1934 AD

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

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03c. 1934 AD

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

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04c. 1934 AD

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

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05c. 1934 AD

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

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06c. 1934 AD

I have an unfortunate personality.

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07c. 1934 AD

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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08c. 1934 AD

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.

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09c. 1934 AD

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

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