Wim Wenders Quotes
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody told me they Googled me, and they said I was mentioned two million times, some stupid thing... but who cares?
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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I drink a lot of water.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.
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But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body; to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind.
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Well, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore. When life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door.
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Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.
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Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.
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Don't worry about getting final cut, worry about making the best possible cut.
