No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Theodore Bikel
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  1. By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.

  2. I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

  3. All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

  4. I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

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