We're not meant to save the world. We're meant to leave it. — Professor Brand · Skopia

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We're not meant to save the world. We're meant to leave it.

Professor Brand

Interstellar · 2014

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Interstellar. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Legendary Pictures/Syncopy/Lynda Obst Productions, 2014.

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