Alexander Kluge Quotes
If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man.
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I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
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I don't think that attorneys should be in any way running for governor.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
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I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.
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A lot of our fiscal deficit went to fund consumption and really did not get used to build investment and infrastructure. The trouble is, you can get a spurt in GDP growth, which may not be sustainable. I would much rather build the gradient of a long-term marathon.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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People don't tend to be unhappy in jobs doing something that they love, so I think it's important that those entering the world of work for the first time are given as much information as possible on how to get into the career that they want.
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When I was given the opportunity to direct 'Senna,' I decided the film had to work for audiences who disliked sport or had never seen a Formula One race in their lives. It had to thrill and emotionally engage people who had never heard of Ayrton Senna.
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If there were a billion people living on the planet, we could do whatever we please. But there are nearly seven billion. At this scale, life as we know it today is not sustainable.
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I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.
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China owns more of our bonds than do Americans. That's not a good position to be in.
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If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man.
