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I do not say with words. I do not say it with images either.… I do not say, I show. I show people who move and speak. That is all I know how to do, but that is my true subject.

Eric Rohmer

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Eric Rohmer
Age: 89 †
Born: 1920
Born: April 4
Died: 2010
Died: January 11
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