Orson Welles

American actor & director

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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

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Gluttony is not a secret vice.

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I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

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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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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.

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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

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