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I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for - whether it's a field, or a home, or a country.
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If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.
Source: The Bright Side of Billy Wilder -
If you are going to tell people the truth, be funny or they will kill you.
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If you're going to tell people the truth, make them laugh, or they'll kill you.
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It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.
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It's when you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
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Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
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Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.
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Many plays, are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
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Marilyn [Monroe] was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.
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Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.
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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy.
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My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
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Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.
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Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.
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Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
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The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.
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The best director is the one you don't see.
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The best part of married life is the fights. The rests is merely so.
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The best thing about animals is they don't talk much.
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