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" I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does. "

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" The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. "

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" I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest. "

" I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. "

" The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. "

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" Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting. "

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" I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me. "

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" For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists. "

" I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action. "

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" What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties. "