I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own hi… — Roland Joffe

I began to feel that, in a sense, we were all prisoners of our own history.

Roland JoffeDirector · English · b. 1945

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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. — Bertrand Russell
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. — Herbert Read
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. — Michael Scheuer
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