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"We cannot measure time. We can only measure changes of life and the universe."
"I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured. 'You can't change the past.''Can't change the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!"
"Wouldn't it be amazing if you could travel into the future, see where you messed up, and then go back in time to rearrange things in order to make your future better? You can. If you can foresee regret, you can mind-travel to the future. If you can train yourself to mind-travel effectively, you can intentionally affect your future by doing something about it today."
"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars."
"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."
"The value of time is immeasurable."
"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."
Explore more quotes by Ben Hecht
"People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized."
"There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."
"In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel."
"Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos."
"The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both."
"I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer."
"Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle."
"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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