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We live in a society that has no adequate images anymore, and if we do not find adequate images and an adequate language for our civilization with which to express them, we will die out like the dinosaurs.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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Martin Luther was asked, what would you do if tomorrow the world would come to an end, and he said, 'I would plant an apple tree today.' This is a real good answer. I would start shooting a movie.
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If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts. But it doesn’t illuminate.
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The trees are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing. They just screech in pain. …Taking a close look at what’s around us, there is some sort of harmony: it’s the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder.
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I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I was able to think independently.
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I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings.
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I don't dabble, I'm good at acting.
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Of course, as a German, I wouldn't like to tell the American people how to handle their criminal justice.
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I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters.
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