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Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud, born on October 1, 1943, is a renowned French film director known for his delicate emotional expression and exquisite cinematography. His representative works include 'The Bear' and 'Himalaya'. more

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“We cannot separate our lives from time. Why is it that we are so extravagant, so thoughtless, in our waste of time, especially in youth, when we cling so tenaciously to life? You cannot separate a wasted hour from the same duration of your life. If you waste your time, you must waste your life. If you improve your time, you cannot help improving your life.”

“It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills. Actually time is neutral. It can be used either destructively or constructively. I am coming to feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”