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What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.

Michael Haneke

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Michael Haneke
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 23
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In German. I'm more sensitized to the details, to the emotions. In English, I wouldn't detect as much nuance.
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