The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.

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Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.

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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

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One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

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In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

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Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

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George Prochnik: I thought your film did a beautiful job of transposing Stefan Zweig’s actual life into the dream life of his stories, and the stories into the fabric of his actual life. You showed...