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But the question that everyone wanted answered was whether I would have the nerve and the strength to start the whole process from scratch. I said yes otherwise I would be someone who had no dream left, and without dreams I would not want to live.

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