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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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You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. – 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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The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. – Sam Mendes

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Every single art form is involved in film, in a way. – Sydney Pollack

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What I dont like are pompous, pretentious movies. – Peter Jackson

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I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. Thats what my life was. – Jennifer Lopez

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