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The most political decision you make is where you direct people's eyes. In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political...And the most politically indoctrinating thing you can do to a human being is to show him, every day, that there can be no change.

Wim Wenders

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Wim Wenders
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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