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Quote by Mary Pickford
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. – Mary Pickford

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Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down. – Mary Pickford

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Failure
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Mary Pickford
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It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around. – Mary Pickford

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Cinema
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Mary Pickford
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Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured Id make one that I cant get yelled at for. – Adam Sandler

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movies

Ive done many different movies in many different contexts. – Antonio Banderas

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movies

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesnt have to be white, and the other one doesnt have to be the ethnic sidekick. Were way over that. And I think its happening in society, too. – Roger Ebert

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movies

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances. – Ang Lee

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movies

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All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise youre just playing about. – Nigel Kneale

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The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual. – Arthur Henderson

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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. – Ulysses S. Grant

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As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor. – Brendan Fraser

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