There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.

Orson Welles

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Topic

Flying

Speaker

Orson Welles

Source

The Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Film director

From

United States

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Citation

Welles, Orson. Interview to celebrate his 70th birthday. The Times, 6 May 1985.

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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

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Author

Allan Bloom
Source
The Closing of the American Mind
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
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