"We're at a very primitive stage of mankind," Nolan declared, "that's what people don't understand. Just pick… — Robert S. Stone
"We're at a very primitive stage of mankind," Nolan declared, "that's what people don't understand. Just pick up the Times on any given day and you've got a catalogue of ape behaviour. Strip away the slogans and excuses and verbiage, the so-called ideology, and you're reading about what one pack of chimpanzees did to another."
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