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It's not because nature is angry, it's rather that we are stupid. We're not doing the right thing with our planet.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.
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I do not recall to [Kim Jong-un], but it was complex. Dear young leader of the people and chairman of the joint military commission or something like that.
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As for the anger of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.
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