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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.


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OLIVER STONE I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
OLIVER STONE I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one...
OLIVER STONE But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with ...
OLIVER STONE A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she...
OLIVER STONE Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder...
OLIVER STONE I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to find th...
OLIVER STONE I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifyin...
OLIVER STONE When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.
OLIVER STONE Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that&...
OLIVER STONE If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great....
OLIVER STONE I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
OLIVER STONE I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of...
OLIVER STONE There's an electrical thing about movies.
OLIVER STONE I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been ...
OLIVER STONE I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progre...
OLIVER STONE I study history in order to give an interpretation.
OLIVER STONE Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to ...
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