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The smarter people I know declined to watch the most recent debate [with Donald Trump].

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Errol Morris
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 5
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I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.
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I like to think that every movie emerges from the conversations.
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They say seeing is believing, but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing.
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Maybe [killers] is one of my real passions. Why deny it?
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The very idea of photography is as Oliver Wendell Holmes said in the 19th century, it's a mirror with a memory.
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It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .
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I actually wanted to publish [ interview with Donald Trump about Citizen Kane] in the New York Times, but the circumstances under which I did that movie made me vulnerable to a lawsuit and at this point in my career, I don't want to go there. But it's amazing.
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When you start talking about the known knowns and the unknown unknowns, you're thrown into a crazy meta-level discussion. Do I know what I know, do I know what I don't know, do I know what I don't know I don't know. It becomes a strange, Lewis Carroll - like nursery rhyme.
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There is only one direction. (Down.) There is only one color. (Black.) And there is only one number (Zero.)
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If you want to trick someone with a photograph, there are lots of easy ways to do it. You don't need Photoshop. You don't need sophisticated digital photo-manipulation. You don't need a computer. All you need to do is change the caption.
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Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a certain place and time keeps moving on. A photograph might be a moment in time preserved, but the world continues to change around it.
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I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. And my boss gave me this one very simple piece of advice about trying to figure out who to interview first in any investigation. His recommendation: Always pick the people who were fired. Pick the people who are pissed off.
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Not suing others does not mean that others won't sue you.If people are desperate enough to think that they can gain some kind of financial advantage, they'll sue.
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