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Samuel Goldwyn [1882-1974] American
Rank: 101
Producer, Film producer


Samuel Goldwyn, also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Jewish Polish American film producer. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. 

Funny, Movies, Medical, Music, Smile, Success, Work, Chance, Dating, Good, Intelligence, Morning, Positive



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If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. Good, Positive
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Ill give you a definite maybe.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. Funny
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it. Music
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If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
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The harder I work, the luckier I get. Work
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I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
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I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. Movies
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. Intelligence
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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man. Dating
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I never liked you, and I always will. Funny
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I read part of it all the way through. Funny
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it. Morning
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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. Chance, Smile
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A hospital is no place to be sick. Medical
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Include me out. Funny
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success. Movies, Success
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Let's have some new cliches. Funny
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you. Success
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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it. Movies
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I can give you a definite perhaps.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Medical
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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For your information, I would like to ask a question.
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
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I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
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It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
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I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
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Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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Television has raised writing to a new low.
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If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
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The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
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Please write music like Wagner, only louder. Music
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Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
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No agency is better than its account executives.
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
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That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
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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.'
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I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
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Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
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No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. Work
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If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
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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? Movies
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Modern dancing is old fashioned.
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The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
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People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.
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The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you. Smile
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I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.
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Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
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