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Citizen Kane

 Orson Welles
 

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1. Kane:   “Don't believe everything you hear on the radio. Read the Inquirer!”
 
 
2. Kane:   “It's also my pleasure to see to it that decent hard-working people in this community aren't robbed blind by a pack of money-mad pirates, just because they haven't anybody to look after their interests.”
 
 
3. Kane:   “I run a couple of newspapers. What do you do?”
 
 
4. Bernstein:   “A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember.”
 
 
5. Thompson:   “I don't think any word can explain a man's life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle—a missing piece.”
 
 
 
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