"Sometimes I feel that every word spoken and every gesture made merely serve to exacerbate misunderstandings. Then what I would really like is to escape into a great silence and impose that silence on everyone else."

-- Etty Hillesum

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“I don't think that the contradictions between capitalism and socialism can be resolved by war. This is no longer the age of the bow and arrow. It's the nuclear age, and war can annihilate us all. The only way to achieve solutions seems to be for the different social systems to coexist.”
“I was always looking for holes in the stories, to the very end, until I was really satisfied that I believed in it and could back it up five different ways.”

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“Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.”
“WeÂ control the machine. At one point the machine controlled us.”
“Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.”
“Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.”
“As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.”
“I don't know if I wanted to top myself or if I just wanted someone to hug me.”

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