Cecil B. DeMille Quotes

#1. The Bible has been a bestseller for centuries. Why should I let two thousand years of publicity go to waste?

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#2. What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with.

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#3. Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

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#4. The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling,

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#5. After more than sixty years of almost daily reading of the Bible, I never fail to find it always new and marvelously in tune with the changing needs of every day.

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#6. Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.

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#7. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

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#8. It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

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#9. Creation is a drug I can't do without.

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#10. I win my awards at the box office.

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#11. I make my pictures for people, not for critics.

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#12. The public is always right.

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#13. A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.

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#14. There can be no liberty without the law.

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#15. I might have remembered what my father once wrote to Henry George, I never do anything by halves, and am half hearted in no cause that I embrace.

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#16. God gave us free agency, and then gave us the commandments to keep us free.

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#17. Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai ... but he has never improved on God's law.

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#18. As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures.

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#19. Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

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#20. Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.

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