"Well, we're grasping for two things at once. Partly for communion with others β that's the deepest instinct in us. And partly, we're seeking security. By constant communion with others we hope we shall be able to accept the horrible fact of our total solitude. We're always reaching out for new projects, new structure, new systems in order to abolish β partly or wholly β our insight into our loneliness. If it weren't so, religious systems would never arise."
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Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 β 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer whose unique cinematographic style made him one of the most notable directors of the twentieth century.
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