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“I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and then the films from the 1940's, the Nouvelle Vague, the late Hollywood films. Now I realize, as a young actor, that it's one of my duties to actually be aware of what is today's industry and today's next big directors.”

Bigs Today Film Young Next Actors Realizing Duty Industry Directors Late Approach Hollywood Silent University Cinema Vague Young Actors Hollywood Films Silent Films

Author:Gaspard Ulliel

“The duty of universities is toward their nation, for which they must prepare leaders in all fields and these must be necessarily ethnically native. For it is intolerable that a nation educate for itself alien leaders in its universities.”

Nations Leader Fields Duty University Aliens Native Educate

Author:A. C. Cuza

“Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.”

Men May Born Money Education Wise Duty University Born Free

Author:Adlai Stevenson I

“The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.”

Firsts Character Teach Duty Trade University Technicalities

Book:Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit

Source: Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit

“There are men charged with the duty of examining the construction of the plants, animals, and soils which are the instruments of the great orchestra. These men are called professors. Each selects one instrument and spends his life taking it apart and describing its strings and sounding boards. This process of dismemberment is called research. The place for dismemberment is called a university.”

Men Process Animal Duty Research Instruments Plant University Boards Soil Strings Professors Construction Orchestra Describing Examining

Book:Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)

Source: Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)