Otto Schily Quotes
The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body.
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In their different ways, art and philosophy help us, in Schopenhauer's words, to turn pain into knowledge.
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In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
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Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
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If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.
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The interstate highway system was built to get people from point A to point B as fast as possible. And they knocked down mountains and filled valleys and made everything nice and big and flat, and they bypassed every town.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
