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Elia Kazan

"The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more."

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"The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more."

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"Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people."

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"Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both."

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"The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible."

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"If a moneyed man had a "corny mind, a flatterer would immediately start chasing him like a hungry hen!"

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"A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!"

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"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other."

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"An honest government is the childish dream of the gullible men!"

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"Our spiritual history is the history of God-ventriloquists! The truth is that the voice of God is the voice of cunning Man, the ventriloquist's voice!"

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"In any country where there is a dishonorable government, there is certainly a dishonorable nation!"

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"Most of the time it is a good job and a good honour to fight against people's values, because most of the time people's values are irrational and absurd!"

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"I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor."
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"Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing."
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"For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists."
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"I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed."
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"Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?"
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"I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice."
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"There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway."
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"The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed."
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"I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise."
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"The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it."
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