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I have been in lots of very intense life situations. I have been shot at, and I have been hungry, and I have been in solitude, and I have also briefly been behind bars. So in a way, I know the heart of men.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I had complete freedom. They [Netflix] knew roughly what I was doing.
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I wouldn't like to travel at all. I've been too much around.
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