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What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other
Orson Welles
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Orson Welles
Age: 70 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1985
Died: October 10
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Working is part of life, I don't know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life.
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I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
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Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things.
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I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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