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The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible.

— Louis B. Mayer Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001)

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Don't make these pictures any better. Just keep them the way they are.

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I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.

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You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

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Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

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