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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. ↗

— Voltaire

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Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

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I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent. ↗

— Darrell Hammond

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Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

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I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

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I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

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This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

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