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Orson Welles

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

Orson Welles

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Orson Welles is saying that people who commit crimes and fail are seen as uninteresting because they haven't succeeded in making money. He points out that wealthy people who break rules aren't labeled criminals because society judges crime based on social class, not on right or wrong.

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