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If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.
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[Internet] is amazing as much as human beings can be amazing, and it's debased and depraved and vile as human beings can be.
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