A Quote by Cate Blanchett
The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.
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Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve
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Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well.
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