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You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

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Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

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No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations.

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No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

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'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

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I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

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What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.

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By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.

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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Actor

Born: May 2nd, 1924

Died: July 21st, 2015

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