"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

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"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

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"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."

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"Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this."

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"What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people."

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