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Quotes by Orson Welles
(1915 - 1985)


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ActorsEvery actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him
Air travelThere are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
ArtistsI passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
CultureIn Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed; but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
- (in The Third Man)
FoodMy doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
FoodAsk not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
PoliceOnly in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.
ReasonMan is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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