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No man can see God in this life and live because His glory would annihilate our poor, weak human nature. ”
When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars. ”
I believe that work is essential to human well-being. ”
The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight. ”
Our film society back home is so different from here. Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. It's just figuring things out and understanding the codes and how the system of Hollywood compares to that of Norway. We don't even have agents. There's no studio system, no managers. ”
When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions. ”
I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make. ”
I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also. ”
None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. ”
A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy. ”