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A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.
Orson Welles
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Orson Welles
Age: 70 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1985
Died: October 10
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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Fake is as old as the Eden tree.
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