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If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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