Louis B. Mayer Quotes

• The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built up from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty, talent, least of all talent, has nothing to do with it. We could make silk purses out of sows' ears every day of the week.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Stars, Ideas, Age

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• Well, do anything, if you do something right, we'll use it, and if you do something wrong, we'll fix it, but do something and do it now.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Use, Wells, Ifs

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• You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Smart, People, Know How

  "Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies". 2001 edition,

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• Be smart, but never show it.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Smart, Cinema, Modesty

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Children, My Children, Ashamed

  "Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies". 2001 edition,

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• America must remain, at any cost, the custodian of freedom, human dignity and economic security. The United States must be strong, so that no nation may dare attack.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Strong, America, Custodians

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• The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Book, Numbers, Age

  "Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies". 2001 edition,

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• Nothing matters. Nothing matters.

  Louis B. Mayer

  Dying, Matter, Nothing Matters

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