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"Who wants to hear actors talk?"

- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."
- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind."

"You'll never be a star with a name like Swarzenneger."
- Unknown hollywood agent.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

"I detected something, so I thought I'd give them a chance."
- George Martin about the Beatles, after they had been rejected by 16 other record companies.

"You see, that's what happens when you get famous. You get shot."
- John Lennon at the Globe Cinema, Stockton-on-Tees, Nov 22 1963, on hearing of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

"Life is what happens while you are making other plans."
- John Lennon