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Quote by Milos Forman
Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitar

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom. – Milos Forman

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Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know. – Milos Forman

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