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Milos Forman Quotes: Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.
         

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.


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You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.



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I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.



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So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.



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For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.



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First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.





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