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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
Orson Welles
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Orson Welles
Age: 70 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1985
Died: October 10
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
George Orson Welles
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I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.
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Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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