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"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit."
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"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."

"The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."

"If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?"

"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"

"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."

"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
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"I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness."

"Now on a personal level with things like the California Tax Commission... I really think if people started banding together and saying no to this it could snowball and that could really help."

"I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime."

"I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen."

"From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same reason I smoked as I wrote, which is that they think their performance is going to be better."

"And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet."
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