“Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.”
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The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.
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Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
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Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.
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People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.
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