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Advertising
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That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Agreement
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Fame
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Film / Filmmaking / Movies
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Gratitude
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That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Hollywood
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I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Hospitals
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A Hospital is no place to be sick.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Ideas
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Legacy
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I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Loyalty
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I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Luck
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The harder I work the luckier I get.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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-Samuel Goldwyn, attributed, also attributed to golfer Gary Player
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Pessimism
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Praise
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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Psychiatry
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Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Reading
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I read part of it all the way through.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Success & Failure
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Television
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Thought
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If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Truth
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I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Unity
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Include me out.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Books by and about Samuel Goldwyn