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I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.
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I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature.
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If you don’t have a deal in two days, you won’t have a deal in two years.
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I function better in the jungle in Amazonia or Antarctica or Alaska or the Sahara desert. An artificial environment like a studio has never attracted me. I could work in a studio, but I would never really feel at home.
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