Citizen Kane

Movie · 3 characters · 1127 quotes

Quotes from Citizen Kane

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"Hope is a dangerous companion for the ambitious."
Jedediah Leland Hope
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"The pen is mightier than the palace, though I learned too late."
Jedediah Leland Literature
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"I believed in him once, and that was my great folly."
Jedediah Leland Faith
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"Time moves differently for those who are waiting."
Jedediah Leland Time
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"Education without wisdom is merely vanity."
Jedediah Leland Education
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"What is success but the accumulation of regret?"
Jedediah Leland Success
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"Friendship is a luxury I could never quite afford."
Jedediah Leland Friendship
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"I have seen empires rise and fall like autumn leaves."
Jedediah Leland Power
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"The truth is what remains when all else fades away."
Jedediah Leland Truth
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"We were young once, and we believed in everything."
Jedediah Leland
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"Love is the most destructive force known to mankind."
Jedediah Leland Love
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"A man's life is the sum of his choices, and I chose poorly."
Jedediah Leland Life
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"I have always been in the scrap heap of this city's memory."
Jedediah Leland History
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"In the end, we're all just searching for that one thing that made us feel alive."
Charles Foster Kane
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"The greatest invention isn't what we build - it's what we believe."
Charles Foster Kane Faith
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"I was a man of contradictions - wanting to be loved but incapable of love."
Charles Foster Kane
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"Every choice we make closes a thousand doors."
Charles Foster Kane
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"I learned that money can't buy what matters most."
Charles Foster Kane Wisdom
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"Maybe success is just the ultimate failure."
Charles Foster Kane Success
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"I wanted to matter."
Charles Foster Kane
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"You never really know someone until they're gone."
Charles Foster Kane
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"The truth is that I was always searching for something I'd lost."
Charles Foster Kane Truth
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"I've spent my whole life collecting things - maybe I should have collected moments."
Charles Foster Kane Time
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"A man is only as great as the people who believe in him."
Charles Foster Kane Leadership
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"I gave her everything except what she really wanted."
Charles Foster Kane Love
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"The castle we build becomes our prison."
Charles Foster Kane Philosophy
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"I was happiest when I had nothing but possibility."
Charles Foster Kane
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"What good is power if you're alone?"
Charles Foster Kane Solitude
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"I wanted to change the world, but I ended up changing myself."
Charles Foster Kane Change
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"Every man has a Rosebud somewhere."
Charles Foster Kane